University of Isfahan Applied Research on English Language 3134-0644 3 1 2014 01 01 Motivation, amount of interaction, length of residence, and ESL learners’ pragmatic competence 9 28 15482 10.22108/are.2014.15482 EN Zohre R Eslami Texas A&M University, USA Soo Jin Ahn Texas A&M University, USA Journal Article 2013 12 01 This study examined how motivation for learning English, the amount of contact with English, <br />and  length  of  residence  in  the  target language area affects Korean graduate students’ English <br />pragmatic skills. The study attempted to account for differential pragmatic development among <br />50  graduate-level  Korean  students  in  relation  to  individual  factors  mentioned  above.  The  data <br />were collected using three types of elicitation instruments: a written background questionnaire, <br />a  discourse  completion  test,  and  the  mini-Attitude/Motivation  Test  Battery.  Descriptive  and <br />inferential statistics (correlation coefficients, and multiple regressions) were used to analyze the <br />data.  The  findings  of  the  study  revealed  that  (a)  the  level  of  motivation  had  a  positive  and <br />moderate relationship with the ESL learners’ L2 pragmatic competence; and (b) the amount of <br />L2 contact and length of residence had only a weak and insignificant impact on the participants’ <br />pragmatic competence. https://are.ui.ac.ir/article_15482_524c66043e203c10b6bde947a6fb828e.pdf