3.1. Why MDCT in this study?
Figure 1. Components of language competence [13: 87]. Socio-linguistic competence is “the
[13: 97] framework, refers to the ability of a
sensitivity to, or control of the conventions of
language user to “either formulate or interpret
an utterance which in not only linguistically
language use that are determined by the features
correct, but which is also phrased…in a
of the specific language use context; it enables
nativelike way”. Alternatively, it is the
us to perform language function in ways that
are appropriate to that context” [13: 94]. Four
sensitivity to sentences which would be said or
abilities under socio-linguistic competence are
written by speakers of a language who are
native to the culture of that language.
sensitivity to differences in dialect or variety, to
differences in register, to naturalness; and the
In short, DCT is a tool to assess pragmatic
ability to interpret cultural references and
knowledge or competence, more specifically, to
figures of speech. Naturalness, or in other
evaluate sensitivity to naturalness of not only
words, sensitivity to naturalness, in Bachman”s
L2 and FL, but also L1.
Among the six types of DCTs, the present
MDCTs seemed to outweigh its disadvantages.
Therefore, MDCTs were chosen as the means to
study employed only one type, MDCT, to
collect data to measure the receptor”s responses
measure receptors” responses to the naturalness
of 35 sentences in the Vietnamese translations
to the naturalness of a number of sentences in
of five Australian short stories. In this study,
the TTs.
informants were not required to read a written
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