L2 Spanish Pragmatics: From Research to Teaching

ISBN-13: 9781138279933 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 278 str.

Domnita Dumitrescu; Patricia Lorena Andueza

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The Learning of Spanish Pragmatics: From Research to Practice provides teachers and researchers with an invaluable resource on the acquistion of Spanish pragmatics by adult learners. This volume includes 14 articles written by experts in the field presenting the most current research on Spanish pragmatics for language educators. Divided into two parts, Part 1 provides the theoretical grounding and recent research contributions to the field of Spanish pragmatics. The articles in Part I highlight the importance of developing the pragmatic competence of students who learn Spanish as a second language. Part II presents the methodology of teaching pragmatic aspects of Spanish and includes classroom practices and various hands-on activities to teach the pragmatic features of irony, humor, non-verbal communication, speech acts, as well as colloquial conversations.

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1. The Pragmatics Toolbox Victoria Escandell-Vidal  2. Learning L2 Spanish Pragmatics: What Research Says, What Textbooks Offer, What Teachers Must Do Montserrat Mir  3. Pragmatics in L2 Spanish Textbooks: Perspectives from Spain Carlos de Pablos-Ortega  4. When to Speak Spanish and When Not to: Interethnic Communication and U.S. Students of L2 Spanish Laura Callahan  5. Nonverbal Communication in L2 Spanish Teaching Ana M. Cestero Mancera  6. Teaching L2 Spanish Discourse Markers and Pragmatic Markers Catalina Fuentes-Rodríguez 7. Teaching Sociopragmatics: Face-Work, Politeness and Impoliteness in L2 Spanish Colloquial Conversations María Bernal  8. Developing L2 Spanish Discursive-Pragmatic Ability in a Persuasive Genre at an Intermediate Level Cecilia Sessarego  9. The Pragmatics of Irony in the L2 Spanish Classroom M. Belén Alvarado Ortega  10. Teaching with and about Humor in the L2 Spanish Classroom Susana de los Heros  11. L2 Spanish Pragmatics Instruction at the Novice Level: Creating Meaningful Contexts for the Acquisition of Grammatical Forms Lynn Pearson  12. Web-Based Pragmatics Resources: Techniques and Strategies for Teaching L2 Spanish Pragmatics to English Speakers Victoria Russell