Pragmatics in Language Teaching
Author | : Kenneth R. Rose |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2001-10-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521008581 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521008587 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Pragmatics in Language Teaching examines the acquisition of language use in social contexts in second and foreign language classrooms. Included are 2 state-of-the-art survey chapters, and 11 chapters reporting the results of empirical research. The empirical studies cover three areas: incidental acquisition of pragmatics in instructed contexts, the effects of instruction in pragmatics, and the assessment of pragmatics ability. The studies address a number of areas in pragmatics, from speech acts and discourse markers to conversational routines and address terms, and represent a range of target languages and contexts in the United States, Asia, and Europe.