Pragmatics in Language Teaching

by Edited by Kenneth R. Rose , Gabriele Kasper

• ISBN13: 9780521008587
• ISBN10: 0521008581
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-15
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book examines the acquisition of pragmatics language used in social contexts in language classrooms.The paperback edition examines the acquisition of pragmatics language use in social contexts - in second and foreign language classrooms. Included are 2 state-of-the-art survey chapters, and 11 chapters reporting the results of empirical research, all written especially for this collection. The empirical studies cover three areas: incidental acquisition of pragmatics in instructed contexts, the effects of instruction in pragmatics, and the assessment of pragmatics ability. The studies address a number of areas in pragmatics, from speech acts and discourse markers to conversational routines and address terms, and represent a range of target languages and contexts in the United States, Asia, and Europe. A wide array of research methodologies are also employed, from questionnaires to in-depth interviews and conversation analysis. The first collection of its kind, Pragmatics in Language Teaching offers a comprehensive and essential introduction to a rapidly growing area, and should be of interest to researchers, graduate students, and language teachers.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Series editors' preface	ix
Preface	xi
Pragmatics in language teaching	1	(10)
Gabriele Kasper
Kenneth R. Rose
I THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL BACKGROUND	11	(50)
Evaluating the empirical evidence: Grounds for instruction in pragmatics?	13	(20)
Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig
Classroom research on interlanguage pragmatics	33	(28)
Gabriele Kasper
II ISSUES IN CLASSROOM-BASED LEARNING OF PRAGMATICS	61	(60)
Pragmatic and grammatical awareness: A function of the learning environment?	63	(17)
Kimberly Niezgoda
Carsten Rover
Why can't learners of JFL distinguish polite from impolite speech styles?	80	(23)
Haruko Minegishi Cook
A longitudinal study of the development of expression of alignment in Japanese as a foreign language	103	(18)
Amy Snyder Ohta
III THE EFFECTS OF INSTRUCTION IN PRAGMATICS	121	(124)
Acquiring French interactional norms through instruction	125	(20)
Anthony J. Liddicoat
Chantal Crozet
Inductive and deductive teaching of compliments and compliment responses	145	(26)
Kenneth R. Rose
Connie Ng Kwai-fun
The role of input enhancement in developing pragmatic competence	171	(29)
Satomi Takahashi
Explicit and implicit teaching of pragmatic routines: Japanese sumimasen	200	(23)
Yumiko Tateyama
Explicit instruction and JFL learner's use of interactional discourse markers	223	(22)
Dina Rudolph Yoshimi
IV THE ASSESSMENT OF PRAGMATIC ABILITY	245	(82)
Use of address terms on the German Speaking Test	248	(35)
John M. Norris
Indicators for pragmatic instruction: Some quantitative tools	283	(18)
Thom Hudson
Pragmatics tests: Different purposes, different tests	301	(26)
James Dean Brown
References	327	(28)
Name index	355	(6)
Subject index	361