Investigating pragmatics in foreign language learning, teaching and testing

Author(s)

• Alcón Soler, Eva
• Martínez Flor, Alicia

Bibliographic Information

Investigating pragmatics in foreign language learning, teaching and testing

edited by Eva Alcón Soler and Alicia Martínez-Flor

（Second language acquisition / series editor, David Singleton, 30）

Multilingual Matters, c2008

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The book focuses on investigating pragmatic learning, teaching and testing in foreign language contexts. The volume brings together research that investigates these three areas in different formal language learning settings. The number and variety of languages involved both as the first language (e.g. English, Finnish, Iranian, Spanish, Japanese) as well as the target foreign language (e.g. English, French, German, Indonesian, Korean, Spanish) makes the volume specially attractive for language educators in different sociocultural foreign language contexts. Additionally, the different approaches adopted by the researchers participating in this volume, such as information processing, sociocultural, language socialization, computer-mediated or conversation analysis should be of interest to graduate students and researchers working in the area of second language acquisition.

Table of Contents

Amy Snyder Ohta: Preface  Introduction 1. Pragmatics in Foreign Language Contexts - Eva Alcón Soler and Alicia Martínez-Flor 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 3. Talking with a Classroom Guest: Opportunities for Learning Japanese Pragmatics - Yumiko Tateyama and Gabriele Kasper 4. Pragmatic Performance: What are Learners Thinking? - Tim Hassall 5. Learning Pragmatics in Content-Based Classrooms - Tarja Nikula 6. Computer-Mediated Learning of L2 Pragmatics - Marta Gonzalez-Lloret Part 2: Investigating how Pragmatics can be Taught in Foreign Language Contexts 7. Using Translation to Improve Pragmatic Competence - Juliane House 8. Effects on Pragmatic Development through Awareness-Raising Instruction: Refusals by Japanese EFL Learners - Sachiko Kondo 9. Enhancing the Pragmatic Competence of Non-Native English-Speaking Teacher Candidates (NNESTCs) in an EFL Context - Zohreh R. Eslami and Abbass Eslami-Rasekh Part 3: Investigating how Pragmatics can be Tested in Foreign Language Contexts 10. Investigating Interlanguage Pragmatic Ability: What are we Testing? - Sayoko Yamashita 11. Raters, Functions, Item Types, and the Dependability of L2 Pragmatics Tests - James Dean Brown 12. Rater, Item, and Candidate Effects in Discourse Completion Tests: A FACETS Approach - Carsten Roever 

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC14598387
• ISBN:
  • 9781847690852
• LCCN: 2008012755
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bristol, U.K.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 266 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P53.62
  • DC22 : 418.0071
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Study and teaching
  • LCSH : Pragmatics -- Study and teaching
  • LCSH : Second language acquisition
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA58823985