Investigating Pragmatics In Foreign Language Learning, Teaching and Testing, ...

Investigating Pragmatics In Foreign Language Learning, Teaching and Testing, Paperback by Soler, Eva Alcon (EDT); Martinez-Flor, Alicia (EDT), ISBN 184769084X, ISBN-13 9781847690845, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USFifteen international academics contribute 12 chapters concerned with pragmatic learning, teaching, and testing in foreign language contexts. Following an overview of the topic, the text addresses issues related to learning and teaching in a variety of contexts--traditional classrooms, context-based instruction, computer- and internet-mediated learning opportunities, translation and interpretation, and teacher training--and then turns to how foreign language pragmatics can be assessed using a variety of approaches, including oral and written discourse completion tasks, roleplay, self-assessment, video prompting, and conversation analysis. Data is presented from learners of a broad range of languages, and the chapters draw on a variety of theoretical approaches: psycholinguistics, language socialization, conversation analysis and sociocultural theory. For graduate students, foreign language teachers, and researchers. No subject index. Distributed in the . by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()