Learning Pragmatics from Native and Nonnative Language Teachers (eBook)

Andrew D. Cohen (Autor)

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2018
Channel View Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78309-994-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book focuses on how both nonnative and native teachers may enhance their handling of target language pragmatics in the classroom and provides ideas that both sets of teachers may draw on to compensate for gaps in their knowledge. Focus is also given to learner strategies and motivation, technological advances, assessment and research methods.

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This book deals with intercultural pragmatics and how both nonnative teachers (NNTs) and native teachers (NTs) may enhance their classroom instruction regarding target language (TL) pragmatics. It focuses primarily on the experiences of instructors as they teach their learners about the pragmatics of the TL, both in second and foreign language learning settings. It makes clear that there are aspects of teaching pragmatics where it may help to be an NT and other areas where it may help to be an NNT and proposes creative ideas that both sets of teachers may draw on to compensate for gaps in their knowledge. Further themes in the book include ideas for motivating students who want to learn about pragmatics, the role of technology in teaching and learning pragmatics, the role of learning strategies, the assessment of pragmatics and ways to research pragmatics. The book will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators and students interested in researching and improving the teaching of pragmatics.

Autor

lt;p>Andrew D. Cohen is Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota, USA. He has published extensively in the areas of pragmatics, language assessment, and language learner strategies, and frequently presents his research at international conferences. He was the recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award from the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). He is also a hyperpolyglot, currently learning his 13th language, Mandarin.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Pragmatics for Learners and Teachers

Chapter 2:  The Development of Pragmatic Ability (with Lauren Wyner)                                                       

Chapter 3: The Handling of Pragmatics by Native and Nonnative Teachers

Chapter 4:  What Native and Nonnative Teachers Know About Pragmatics and What They Report Doing

Chapter 5: Basic Issues in the Teaching of Pragmatics (with Lauren Wyner)       

Chapter 6: Ideas for Teaching Pragmatics and for Motivating Learners

Chapter 7: The Role of Technology in Teaching and Learning Pragmatics     

Chapter 8: The Learning of Pragmatics

Chapter 9: The Assessment of Pragmatics        

Chapter 10: Researching Pragmatics                 

Chapter 11: Conclusions

References                                                                                                  

Acronyms Used in the Book                                                                    

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.5.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Second Language Acquisition
• Reihe/Serie: Second Language Acquisition
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: assessing pragmatics • Language Teaching • learning pragmatics • native-language teacher and non-native-language teacher • native-speaker • nonnative-speaker • Pragmatic ability • Pragmatics • researching pragmatics • Second Language acquisition • SLA • target language pragmatics • teaching pragmatics
• ISBN-10: 1-78309-994-1 / 1783099941
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78309-994-8 / 9781783099948