How learning Toki Pona may help improving communication strategies in a foreign or second language
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2022
Abstract
This article aims to explore the possibility that learning Toki Pona, a ``minimalist'' constructed language with a total lexicon of only 123 words, may help students to develop their skills in using communication strategies in the foreign or second language they are learning. After a general introduction on constructed languages, three sections follow: one introducing Toki Pona, one presenting the research hypothesis and aim, and another outlining communications strategies. The article continues with the methodology employed and a discussion of the results obtained. These show that learning Toki Pona may indeed help the students to improve their communication strategies, and particularly circumlocution, so that they can avoid breakdowns in communication when they do not know or do not remember a word or expression.
Keywords
Circumlocution, Communication strategies, Constructed languages, Esperanto, Foreign/second language education, Toki Pona
Divisions
FLL
Funders
None
Publication Title
Language Problems and Language Planning
Volume
46
Issue
1
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing
Publisher Location
PO BOX 36224, 1020 ME AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS