Pragmatics: Teaching Speech Acts

by Donna H. Tatsuki

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931185670
• ISBN13: 9781931185677
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Tesol Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"