Pragmatics in English Language Learning

This volume examines the second language pragmatic development of international learners of English inside and outside the classroom.

Nicola Halenko (Edited by), Jiayi Wang (Edited by)

9781108841528, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 October 2022

280 pages
23.5 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.52 kg

Written by an international team of experts, this groundbreaking book explores the benefits and challenges of developing pragmatic competence in English as a target language, inside and outside the classroom, and among young and adult learners. The chapters present a range of first language contexts, including China, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico and Norway, to provide international perspectives on how different first languages present varying challenges for developing pragmatic awareness. The book outlines cutting-edge techniques for investigating spoken and written pragmatic competence, and offers practical teaching solutions, both face-to-face and online. It also examines underexplored areas of L2 pragmatics research, such as young learner groups, the effects of textbook materials, study abroad contexts and technology-mediated instruction and assessment. Innovative and comprehensive, this volume is a unique contribution to the field of L2 pragmatics, and will be essential reading for researchers, course developers, language teachers and students.

Introduction Nicola Halenko and Jiayi Wang
1. Second language pragmatics: A historical overview and future directions Naoko Taguchi
Part I. Pragmatics in Action: 2. “Mind your language”: L2 English email requests during study abroad Jiayi Wang and Nicola Halenko
3. Pragmatic development in request performance: a cross-sectional study of Greek EFL learners Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis
4. Placing oneself in the reader's shoes: developing pragmatic awareness of the perlocutionary effect of speech act discourse Sara Gesuato
5. “Hey, you, can I loan your yellow pencil?”: Young Norwegian EFL learners' metapragmatic appraisal of requests Milica Savi? and Anders Myrset
Part II Instructed Pragmatics: 6. Foreign language pragmatic development in an instructed context: Investigating input and output focusing on the speech acts of agreement and disagreement Gila A. Schauer
7. 'Learning to say 'no' in different ways': tracking EFL learner performance and perceptions of pragmatics instruction in Mexico Elizabeth Flores-Salgado and Nicola Halenko
8. Using self-access materials to learn pragmatics in the U.S. academic setting: what do Indonesian EFL learners pick up? Ananda Muhammad
Conclusion Jiayi Wang and Nicola Halenko.

Subject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL], English language teaching [ELT E], Language teaching & learning [other than ELT CJ], Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [CFG], Linguistics [CF]