Pragmatics in English Language Learning

By focusing on a range of international learners studying English as a target language, this volume expands current theoretical and methodological approaches to L2 pragmatics training. Researchers and language teachers will discover innovative techniques for investigating spoken and written pragmatic competence inside and outside the classroom.

List 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 Savi¿ 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.

Summary

By focusing on a range of international learners studying English as a target language, this volume expands current theoretical and methodological approaches to L2 pragmatics training. Researchers and language teachers will discover innovative techniques for investigating spoken and written pragmatic competence inside and outside the classroom.

Product details

• Authors: Nicola (University of Central Lancashire Halenko
• Assisted by: Nicola Halenko (Editor), Jiayi Wang (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781108841528
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84152-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Linguistics, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language teaching theory and methods, ELT examinations & certificates, Language teaching and learning, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, ELT: learning material & coursework, ELT: teaching theory & methods, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc