<p>The book focuses on investigating pragmatic learning, teaching and testing in foreign language contexts. It brings together research that investigates these three areas in different formal language learning settings and focuses on different foreign languages.</p>
Teaching, Learning and Investigating Pragmatics : Principles, Methods and Practices
β Scribed by Sara Gesuato; Francesca Bianchi; Winnie Cheng
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 577
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This volume presents a collection of research papers investigating how to foster the learning and teaching of pragmatic phenomena, as well as how to administer tests that assess pragmatic competence in second/foreign language education with regards to several target languages. The topics investigated include: speech acts; computer-mediated communication; conversation analysis; pragmatic, intercultural, and emotional competence; native and non-native performance; data collection and instructional methods; needs analysis; and syllabus design and materials development. The contributions will be of particular interest to linguists, language learners and teachers, teacher trainers, and communication experts.
β¦ Subjects
Pragmatics--Study and teaching.
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