Pragmatics in ESL classroom: its importance in listening skills

This article aims at discussing the importance of Pragmatics in ESL classroom, more specifically in listening tasks. In order to base our study, we present an overview of some pragmatic theories which relies on the notion of inference, like Grice (1975) and Sperber and Wilson (1995). Then, we discus...

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Main Author: Presotto, Leticia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS) 2014-01-01
Series:Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal
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Online Access:http://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/belt/article/view/18107/11723