Pragmatics in EFL teaching: how speech acts are addressed in a Brazilian textbook series
This paper aims at discussing and analyzing the approach to speech acts in an EFL textbook series used in Brazilian public schools. In order to do that, the concepts of pragmatics and pragmatic competence, as well as their implications to foreign language (FL) teaching, are discussed. Then, a brief...
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| Language: | English |
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Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS)
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/belt/article/view/18071/11725 |