Developing Intercultural Perspectives on Language Use: Exploring Pragmatics and

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Many teachers recognise the importance of integrating intercultural learning into language learning. This book argues that teachers can work creatively with conventional resources and utilise classroom experiences in order to help learners develop awareness of the influence of cultural assumptions and values on language use.

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Many language teachers recognise the importance of integrating intercultural learning into language learning, but how this can be best achieved is not always apparent. This is particularly the case in foreign language learning contexts where teachers are working with a prescribed textbook and opportunities to use the language outside the classroom are limited. This book argues that teachers can work creatively with conventional resources and utilise classroom experiences in order to help learners interpret aspects of communication in insightful ways and develop awareness of the influence of cultural assumptions and values on language use. The book provides extensive analysis of a range of classroom interactions to demonstrate how teachers and learners can work together to construct opportunities for intercultural learning through reflection on pragmatics.

Author Biography

Troy McConachy is Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, UK. His research interests include intercultural pragmatics and intercultural language teaching and learning.

Table of Contents

Figures and TablesForewordPrefaceIntroduction                                                                                                                      Chapter 1: Pragmatics and Culture in Communicative Language Teaching                              Chapter 2: Linking Pragmatics and Intercultural Language Learning                                           Chapter 3: Developing a View of Language Use as Social Action                                                 Chapter 4: Reflection on Experience as Resource for Intercultural Learning                                          Chapter 5: Combining Performance and Reflection for Learning                                                Chapter 6: Developing Intercultural Perspectives on Language Use                         Conclusion                                                                                                                         List of References                                                                                                       Subject Index   

Review

In this timely book Troy McConachy offers a theoretically engaging and deeply insightful argument for developing in learners an 'intercultural perspective on language use'. It highlights, through rich exemplification, the way in which even the most ordinary discussions in the foreign language learning classroom become an opportunity to explore, in reflective and analytic ways, the intricacies entailed in exchanging meanings in interaction across languages and cultures. * Angela Scarino, University of South Australia, Australia *It has been a long time since I have read a book as important as this in the 'jungle' of language and intercultural education. Troy McConachy has done a great job in tying together the thorny issues of interculturality and language use. His approach is novel, bold and illuminating in a number of ways. No doubt this book will have a profound impact on the field! * Fred Dervin, University of Helsinki, Finland; Renmin University of China, China *

Long Description

Many language teachers recognise the importance of integrating intercultural learning into language learning, but how this can be best achieved is not always apparent. This is particularly the case in foreign language learning contexts where teachers are working with a prescribed textbook and opportunities to use the language outside the classroom are limited. This book argues that teachers can work creatively with conventional resources and utilise classroom experiences in order to help learners interpret aspects of communication in insightful ways and develop awareness of the influence of cultural assumptions and values on language use. The book provides extensive analysis of a range of classroom interactions to demonstrate how teachers and learners can work together to construct opportunities for intercultural learning through reflection on pragmatics.

Review Quote

In this timely book Troy McConachy offers a theoretically engaging and deeply insightful argument for developing in learners an 'intercultural perspective on language use'. It highlights, through rich exemplification, the way in which even the most ordinary discussions in the foreign language learning classroom become an opportunity to explore, in reflective and analytic ways, the intricacies entailed in exchanging meanings in interaction across languages and cultures.

Details ISBN1783099321 Publisher Channel View Publications Ltd Year 2017 ISBN-10 1783099321 ISBN-13 9781783099320 Format Hardcover Pages 200 Imprint Multilingual Matters Subtitle Exploring Pragmatics and Culture in Foreign Language Learning Place of Publication Bristol Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2017-11-20 DEWEY 418.0071 Short Title Developing Intercultural Perspectives on Language Use Language English Series Number 33 UK Release Date 2017-11-20 AU Release Date 2017-11-20 NZ Release Date 2017-11-20 Author Troy McConachy Series Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education Alternative 9781783099313 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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