Pragmatics: Teaching Speech Acts

Language teachers have long been aware of the devastating effect of learners' grammatically correct, yet situationally inappropriate spoken or written communication. This volume addresses how to raise learner awareness of pragmatic gaffes through research-based, field-tested activities, such as composing email requests, giving advice, making workplace requests, expressing opinions, providing constructive peer-to-peer critical feedback, negotiating refusals, and collaborating through activities enabled by an online tool called Talkpoint. Teachers are given vital support in these activities through extensive worksheets, audio files, transcripts, and answer keys. The chapters in this volume provide information and activities primarily related to the realization of speech acts and the effect of different contexts on their form. The subsequent volume, Pragmatics: Teaching Natural Conversation, focuses on the role of formulas in performing speech acts and on the characteristics of longer sequences. **This title also includes a companion website with online resources.**

Author: Donna H. Tatsuki
Publisher: Tesol Press
Published: 08/30/2010
Pages: 285
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781931185677
ISBN10: 1931185670
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | General
- Foreign Language Study | English as a Second Language