Pragmatics: Teaching Speech Acts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781931185677)

Language teachers have long been aware of the devastating effect of learners' grammatically correct, yet situationally inappropriate spoken or written communication. This volume addresses how to raise learner awareness of pragmatic gaffes through research-based, field-tested activities, such as composing email requests, giving advice, making workplace requests, expressing opinions, providing constructive peer-to-peer critical feedback, negotiating refusals, and collaborating through activities enabled by an online tool called Talkpoint. Teachers are given vital support in these activities through extensive worksheets, audio files, transcripts, and answer keys. The chapters in this volume provide information and activities primarily related to the realization of speech acts and the effect of different contexts on their form. The subsequent volume, Pragmatics: Teaching Natural Conversation, focuses on the role of formulas in performing speech acts and on the characteristics of longer sequences. **This title also includes a companion website with online resources.**

Author: Donna H. Tatsuki
ISBN-10: 1931185670
ISBN-13: 9781931185677
Publisher: Tesol Press
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2010
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d