Speech Acts in English: From Research to Instruction and Textbook Development

ISBN-13: 9781108476324 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 285 str.

Lorena Pérez-Hernández

Opis

This book merges theory and practical activities to show how research on speech acts can be implemented in EFL teaching.

Recenzje

'The book … contributes substantially to L2 pragmatics research and teaching; and as such we highly recommend it to researchers, EFL teaching practitioners, and EFL textbook developers.' Qiuling Ou and Hang Su, Journal of Pragmatics

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. What contemporary research tells us about speech acts; 3. Critical assessment of the representation of speech acts in advanced EFL textbooks; 4. A cognitive pedagogical grammar of directive speech acts I: know-what and know-how of directives; 5. A cognitive pedagogical grammar of directive speech acts II: activities and practice materials; 6. Conclusion.