Investigating Pragmatics in Foreign Language Learning, Teaching and Testing

Published by Multilingual Matters 2008

Investigating Pragmatics in Foreign Language Learning, Teaching and Testing

Edited by: Eva Alcón Soler and Alicia Martínez-Flor

In the series Second Language Acquisition

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847690869

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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.

Author / Editor information

Alcón Soler Eva :

Eva Alcón Soler, senior lecturer at University Jaume I, has been working on discourse and language learning since 1993. Her research has covered, among others, interlanguage pragmatics, lingua franca communication, interaction and second language acquisition. Her recent publications have focussed on intercultural language use and language learning and on learning pragmatics in foreign language contexts.Martínez-Flor Alicia :

Alicia Martínez-Flor is a lecturer in the Department of English Studies, Universitat Jaume I of Castellón, Spain, where she teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in EFL teaching methodology. As a result of her own learning process of the English language, she became interested in investigating the acquisition of pragmatic competence in foreign language contexts. Her research interests include second language acquisition and interlanguage pragmatics.

Eva Alcón Soler, senior lecturer at University Jaume I, has been working on discourse and language learning since 1993. Her research has covered, among others, interlanguage pragmatics, lingua franca communication, interaction and second language acquisition. Her recent publications have focussed on intercultural language use and language learning and on learning pragmatics in foreign language contexts.

Alicia Martínez-Flor is a lecturer in the Department of English Studies, Universitat Jaume I of Castellón, Spain, where she teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in EFL teaching methodology. As a result of her own learning process of the English language, she became interested in investigating the acquisition of pragmatic competence in foreign language contexts. Her research interests include second language acquisition and interlanguage pragmatics.

Reviews

Wei Ren, University of Bristol:

This timely work represents a significant contribution to the literature, as it integrates research on pragmatics in foreign language learning, teaching and testing. This volume is highly recommended for students and researchers in applied linguistics as well as language teachers and educators.

Iris Levitis, University of California, Davis:

This volume is a timely contribution to ILP research. It provides an overview of recent research in the field of ILP. It takes into consideration the wide variety of approaches currently being used in classroom-based ILP research. The employment of both observational, as well as more experimental methods provides a holistic picture of the current state of research in ILP.

Dr. Anne Barron, Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie, Universität Bonn, Germany.:

Adopting a range of theoretical perspectives and focusing on a variety of learning contexts and approaches to learning, this timely collection of articles represents a significant contribution to the growing body of literature on the teaching of pragmatics in the foreign language context. It is essential reading for interlanguage pragmaticists.

Anna Niżegorodcew, Professor in Applied Linguistics, English Department, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland:

This book is a rich source of knowledge and inspiration for beginner and more advanced researchers, contributes to the development of the multilingual field of interlanguage pragmatics and provides valuable pedagogical implications for language teachers in the foreign language classroom.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
The Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Preface Amy Snyder Ohta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction
1. Pragmatics in Foreign Language Contexts Eva Alcón Soler and Alicia Martínez-Flor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part 1: Investigating How Pragmatics Can Be Learned in Foreign Language Contexts
2. Language Socialization Theory and the Acquisition of Pragmatics in the Foreign Language Classroom Margaret A. Dufon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Talking with a Classroom Guest: Opportunities for Learning Japanese Pragmatics Yumiko Tateyama and Gabriele Kasper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4. Pragmatic Performance: What are Learners Thinking? Tim Hassall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
5. Learning Pragmatics in Content-based Classrooms Tarja Nikula Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
6. Computer-mediated Learning of L2 Pragmatics Marta González-Lloret Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Part 2: Investigating How Pragmatics Can Be Taught in Foreign Language Contexts
7. Using Translation to Improve Pragmatic Competence Juliane House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
8. Effects on Pragmatic Development Through Awareness-raising Instruction: Refusals by Japanese EFL Learners Sachiko Kondo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
9. Enhancing the Pragmatic Competence of Non-native English-speaking Teacher Candidates (NNESTCs) in an EFL Context Zohreh R. Eslami and Abbass Eslami-Rasekh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Part 3: Investigating How Pragmatics Can Be Tested in Foreign Language Contexts
10. Investigating Interlanguage Pragmatic Ability: What Are We Testing? Sayoko Yamashita Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
11. Raters, Functions, Item Types and the Dependability of L2 Pragmatics Tests James Dean Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
12. Rater, Item and Candidate Effects in Discourse Completion Tests: A FACETS Approach Carsten Roever Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 260
Keywords: pragmatics; Second Language Acquisition; SLA; learning pragmatics; teaching pragmatics; testing pragmatics; foreign language learning; second language learning; L2 learning; sociocultural theory; language socialization; conversation analysis

eBook

Published: July 18, 2008
ISBN: 9781847690869