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Giving Students a Fighting Chance: Pragmatics in the Language Classroom

Author(s) -

Terrence McLean

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

tesl canada journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1925-8917

pISSN - 0826-435X

DOI - 10.18806/tesl.v21i2.175

Subject(s) - pragmatics , negotiation , raising (metalworking) , consciousness , task (project management) , psychology , consciousness raising , second language , pedagogy , linguistics , language education , sociology , social science , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , management , neuroscience , economics

In order to give language learners a fighting chance outside the classroom, teachers must provide them with consciousness-raising opportunities for developing pragmatic awareness. By attending to pragmatic factors in second-language (L2) situations, students will be better able to make informed decisions in negotiating effective communication., This article examines the potential use of the pragmatic discourse completion task (DCT) as a springboard for discussion in the L2 classroom. A description of a DCT used in a study involving advanced L2 learners at the University of Alberta (Ranta, 2002) is provided. The author also provides suggestions for developing students' pragmatic awareness.

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