Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Figures ix
4. Contributors xiii
5. Acknowledgements xvii
6. Introduction: Pragmatics and Young EFL Primary School Learners in Europe xix
7. Part 1: Young Learners: Production, Perception and Development
8. 1 Young EFL Learners’ Development of Discourse Marker Use 1
9. 2 ‘If we are Talking to the Minster of Education…’: L2 Request Appraisals and Metapragmatic Awareness in Young Learners of English 23
10. 3 Giving Young Language Learners a Voice: Learner Feedback on Pragmatics Instruction 54
11. 4 Exploring In-service Primary School EFL Teachers’ Views on Pragmatics 93
12. Part 2: Young Learners: Materials and Pedagogical Considerations
13. 5 Pragmatics in Primary School: A Look into an English-as-a-Foreign-Language Classroom 127
14. 6 The Use of Animated Films as a Resource to Teach Oral Requests and Responses to Young Language Learners: An Evaluative Analysis 160
15. 7 Teaching Greetings in Young Learner EFL Classrooms: A Methodological Approach for Primary Pragmatics 190
16. 8 Teaching Pragmatics from the Start: Implementing Teaching Units on Greetings in the Primary EFL Classroom 217
17. 9 An Arts-Based Approach to Pragmatic Instruction: Using Graphic Novels, Drama and Drawing to Teach Basic Speech Acts in Young EFL Learners 242
18. Index 267