I also note two areas of scholarship that address classroom needsthe use of authentic data and appropriate assessment tools. Pdf this paper aims at discussing and analyzing the approach to speech acts in an efl textbook series used in brazilian public schools. An instructional pragmatics curriculum development project for efl learners by bridget maureen borer a capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts in english as a second language hamline university st. The essay concludes with a summary of my own experience teaching speech acts in an advancedlevel portuguese class. Teaching speech acts national council of less commonly. Borer, bridget, teaching and learning pragmatics and speech acts. Within second language studies and teaching, pragmatics encompasses speech acts, conversational structure, conversational implicature. Teaching speech acts in efl classrooms david publishing. Therefore, lte participants learn that, when teaching pragmatics, they should. In this paper i argue that pragmatic ability must become part of what we teach in the.
Speech acts represent a key concept in the field of pragmatics which can be broadly defined as language use in context taking into account the speakers and the addressees verbal and nonverbal contributions to the negotiation of meaning in interaction. The teaching of pragmatics aims to facilitate the learners sense of being able to find socially appropriate language for the situations that they encounter. Ch4activity4naturalnorepeat ch4activity4naturalrepeat ch4activity4slownorepeat ch4activity4slowrepeat. Twelve activities for teaching the pragmatics of complaining. Pdf greetings are one of the few speech acts that children are taught explicitly in their native language kakiuchi 2005. Yet, the communicative function that greetings serve is usually understood as subordinate to other purposes in the ultimate goal of. Greetings are one of the few speech acts that children are taught explicitly in their native language kakiuchi 2005. As a language teacher, i have long realized that knowing the words of a language is only part of speaking it. Pragmatics in the posttesl certificate course language. The teaching of pragmatics by native and nonnative language teachers. Introduction kathleen bardoviharlig rebecca mahantaylor.
Teaching speech acts in the efl classroom article pdf available april 2016 with 2,145 reads how we measure reads. S tudies in second language learning and teaching, 6 4, 561585. Pragmatics and speech acts the center for advanced. This website offers information about speech acts and how they can be learned and taught, and outlines a research project focused on this. An important area of the field of secondforeign language teaching and learning is pragmatics the appropriate use of language in conducting speech acts such as apologizing, requesting, complimenting, refusing, thanking. As a language teacher, i have long realized that knowing the words of a language is only part.