Impact of Translanguaging on the Pragmatic Competence of English Language Learners: An Experimental Study at the Higher Secondary Level in Punjab

Abstract

This is a quantitative study which analysed the impact of translanguaging as pedagogical intervention in development of pragmatic competence among English language learners at higher secondary level. The objective of this study was to analyse the role of translanguaging as a teaching strategy in development of pragmatic competence of English language learners at higher secondary level in Punjab. Using sample random sampling technique, one higher secondary school out of twelve public boys’ higher secondary schools was selected. Students enrolled in first years constituted the sample of this study. As this study was experimental in nature, students were assigned into controlled and experimental groups with 45 students in each group. A Discourse Completion Task (DCT) with 15 speech acts was employed as a pre-test and post-test. An independent sample t-test was used to analyse the mean score difference between the two groups. The findings reveal translanguaging as an effective strategy for the development of pragmatic competence at higher secondary level. This study recommends translanguaging as an effective strategy for the development of pragmatic competence at higher secondary level in Punjab.