Pragmatics for Language Educators: A Sociolinguistic Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780415801157 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 352 str.

Virginia LoCastro

Opis

Making pragmatics accessible to a wide range of learners and teachers without dumbing down the content of the field, this text raises awareness and increases knowledge and understanding of how human beings use language in real situations to engage in social action and fosters the ability to think critically about language data and use.

Recenzje

"This useful textbook offers readers a dynamic approach to understanding how people use language in real-life social situations. The author's goal is "to help both novices and experienced researchers ...expand their awareness of the social aspects of language in use" (p. xi)." ― Arnulfo G. Ramirez, The Modern Language Journal

O autorze

Virginia LoCastro has worked in the United States, Canada, Japan, Slovakia, and Mexico as a teacher and researcher in the fields of sociolinguistics and language education, most recently as Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Academic Spoken English and Academic Written English Programs, University of Florida, and has published widely on ESL/EFL pedagogy and teacher development.