Pragmatics in English Language Learning
Pragmatics in English Language Learning
Jiayi Wang, De Montfort University, Leicester
Written by an international team of experts, this groundbreaking book explores the benefits and challenges of developing pragmatic competence in English as a target language, inside and outside the classroom, and among young and adult learners. The chapters present a range of first language contexts, including China, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico and Norway, to provide international perspectives on how different first languages present varying challenges for developing pragmatic awareness. The book outlines cutting-edge techniques for investigating spoken and written pragmatic competence, and offers practical teaching solutions, both face-to-face and online. It also examines underexplored areas of L2 pragmatics research, such as young learner groups, the effects of textbook materials, study abroad contexts and technology-mediated instruction and assessment. Innovative and comprehensive, this volume is a unique contribution to the field of L2 pragmatics, and will be essential reading for researchers, course developers, language teachers and students.
- Provides a series of cutting-edge studies investigating pragmatic competence and shows how this can be undertaken inside and outside the classroom face-to-face and online
- Takes an international perspective, focusing on a variety of L1 learner backgrounds and age groups
- Examines underexplored areas of L2 pragmatics research, such as young learner groups, the effects of textbook materials, study abroad contexts and technology-mediated instruction and assessment
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257 pages
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Table of Contents
- Introduction Nicola Halenko and Jiayi Wang
- 1. Second language pragmatics: A historical overview and future directions Naoko Taguchi
- Part I. Pragmatics in Action:
- 2. “Mind your language”: L2 English email requests during study abroad Jiayi Wang and Nicola Halenko
- 3. Pragmatic development in request performance: a cross-sectional study of Greek EFL learners Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis
- 4. Placing oneself in the reader's shoes: developing pragmatic awareness of the perlocutionary effect of speech act discourse Sara Gesuato
- 5. “Hey, you, can I loan your yellow pencil?”: Young Norwegian EFL learners' metapragmatic appraisal of requests Milica Savić and Anders Myrset
- Part II Instructed Pragmatics:
- 6. Foreign language pragmatic development in an instructed context: Investigating input and output focusing on the speech acts of agreement and disagreement Gila A. Schauer
- 7. 'Learning to say 'no' in different ways': tracking EFL learner performance and perceptions of pragmatics instruction in Mexico Elizabeth Flores-Salgado and Nicola Halenko
- 8. Using self-access materials to learn pragmatics in the U.S. academic setting: what do Indonesian EFL learners pick up? Ananda Muhammad
- Conclusion Jiayi Wang and Nicola Halenko.
