Researching and Teaching Second Language Speech Acts in the Chinese Context by Lee, Cynthia

Researching and Teaching Second Language Speech Acts in the Chinese Context (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811089794)

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Researching and Teaching Second Language Speech Acts in the Chinese Context by Lee, Cynthia

Researching and Teaching Second Language Speech Acts in the Chinese Context

$54.99
Researching and Teaching Second Language Speech Acts in the Chinese Context by Lee, Cynthia

Researching and Teaching Second Language Speech Acts in the Chinese Context

$54.99
Format: Hardcover
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Prologue
PrefaceIntroductionContributions of the BookOrganization of the Book
Chapter One1.1 Introduction1.2 Pragmatics1.3 Speech Act Competence and Development in L1 and L21.4 Teachability of L2 Speech Acts 1.5 Summary
Chapter Two2.1 Introduction2.2 Developing L2 Speech Act Competence2.3 Researching L2 Speech Act Competence2.4 Summary
Chapter Three3.1 Introduction3.2 Culture and Speech Act Performance3.3 Chinese Cultural Concepts for Interpersonal Communication - Limiao (politeness) and Mianzi (facework)3.4 Influence of Chinese Cultural Norms and Language on Chinese and English Speech Act Performances3.5 Summary

Chapter Four4.1 Introduction4.2 Development of L2 Requests4.3 Development of L2 Apologies4.4 Development of L2 Compliment-responses4.5 Development of L2 Refusals4.6 Development of L2 Complaints4.7 Trajectory of Chinese English Learners' L2 Speech Act Development4.8 Summary
Chapter Five5.1 Introduction5.2 Teaching Speech Acts: Instruction Versus Natural Exposure5.3 Developing Speech Act Competence5.4 What Speech Acts to Teach to Chinese Learners of English?5.5 How to Develop Speech Act Competence for Chinese Learners of English? Practical Ideas and Teaching Materials5.6 Summary
Chapter Six6.1 Introduction6.2 Importance of Understanding Learners' L1 and L2 Speech Act Performance6.3 Allowing Space for L2 Learners to Make Their Own Choices and Respect Their Decisions6.4 The Ways Forward


Author: Cynthia Lee
ISBN-10: 9811089795
ISBN-13: 9789811089794
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 06/13/2018
Pages: 110
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d
By Cynthia Lee
By Cynthia Lee
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Dr. Cynthia Lee is Associate Professor of Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Interlanguage pragmatics is one of her research areas. Over the past 12 years, she has secured two prestigious government-fund research grants to investigate the acquisition and development of L2 speech acts of Chinese learners of English from childhood to their teens, and has published numerous articles in pragmatics journals, including Pragmatics, International Review of Pragmatics, Lodz Papers in Pragmatics, Intercultural Pragmatics, and Journal of Pragmatics. A book chapter on Chinese English learners' speech act behaviours and Chinese culture will appear in Chen's edited volume Politeness Phenomena Across Chinese Genres, published by Equinox in October, 2017. She has also taught the postgraduate courses of "Pragmatics Learning and Teaching", "Discourse Analysis" and "Second Language Acquisition".

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