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Teaching and Learning Second Language Pragmatics for Intercultural Understanding

Teaching and Learning Second Language Pragmatics for Intercultural Understanding

McConachy, Troy
Liddicoat, Anthony J.

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Language and Intercultural Communicatio

Linguistics

ISBN10: 0367555786
ISBN13: 9780367555788
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 30 2021
Pages: 228
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This collection argues for the need to promote intercultural understanding as a clear goal for teaching and learning pragmatics in second and foreign language education.

The volume sees the learning of pragmatics as a challenging yet enriching process whereby the individual expands their capacity for understanding how meaning making processes influence social relationships and how assumptions about social relationships shape the interpretation and use of language in context. This locates pragmatics within a humanistically oriented conception of learning where success is defined relative to the enrichment of human understanding and appreciation of difference. The book argues that intercultural understanding is not an add on to language learning but central to the learner's ability to understand and construct meaning with individuals from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Chapters analyse teachers' and learners' ways of making sense of pragmatics, how their assumptions about social relationships impact their perceptions of language use, and how reflection on pragmatic judgments opens up possibilities for developing intercultural understanding.

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