A place for pragmatics in intercultural teaching and learning
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Troy McConachy
Abstract
This paper describes the way in which a small group of Japanese EFL learners engaged with pragmatics based ideas and texts as a part of a short course designed to raise intercultural awareness through language learning. The data within shows how students construct understandings and interpretations of language use in a textbook dialogue, upon which they explore their own cultural assumptions. The paper also pays attention to the teacher’s role in supporting intercultural learning, particularly through the use of questions and other scaffolding strategies.
Abstract
This paper describes the way in which a small group of Japanese EFL learners engaged with pragmatics based ideas and texts as a part of a short course designed to raise intercultural awareness through language learning. The data within shows how students construct understandings and interpretations of language use in a textbook dialogue, upon which they explore their own cultural assumptions. The paper also pays attention to the teacher’s role in supporting intercultural learning, particularly through the use of questions and other scaffolding strategies.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Developing intercultural competence through the use of linguistics
- Avoiding the essentialist trap in intercultural education 29
- Linking learning objectives of linguistic savoir-faire and intercultural competence in mobility experiences of teacher trainees 49
- A place for pragmatics in intercultural teaching and learning 71
- Strategy-based learning of pragmatics for intercultural education 87
- Making the ‘invisible’ visible 113
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Part II. Linguistics for studying interculturality in language education
- Language teachers and learners interpreting the world 139
- Constructing a relationship to otherness in web-based exchanges for language and culture learning 161
- Complex and symbolic discursive encounters for intercultural education in plurilingual times 175
- Index 197
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Developing intercultural competence through the use of linguistics
- Avoiding the essentialist trap in intercultural education 29
- Linking learning objectives of linguistic savoir-faire and intercultural competence in mobility experiences of teacher trainees 49
- A place for pragmatics in intercultural teaching and learning 71
- Strategy-based learning of pragmatics for intercultural education 87
- Making the ‘invisible’ visible 113
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Part II. Linguistics for studying interculturality in language education
- Language teachers and learners interpreting the world 139
- Constructing a relationship to otherness in web-based exchanges for language and culture learning 161
- Complex and symbolic discursive encounters for intercultural education in plurilingual times 175
- Index 197
