Pragmatics in ESL classroom: its importance in listening skills

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
Subjects:
inglês - ensino - estudantes estrangeiros
compreensão da língua falada
inglês - ensino
Online Access:http://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/belt/article/view/18107/11723
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title_short Pragmatics in ESL classroom: its importance in listening skills
title_full Pragmatics in ESL classroom: its importance in listening skills
title_fullStr Pragmatics in ESL classroom: its importance in listening skills
title_full_unstemmed Pragmatics in ESL classroom: its importance in listening skills
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publisher Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS)
series Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal
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publishDate 2014-01-01
description 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 discuss about the importance of Pragmatics among language teaching and listening skill. In this section, we highlight some important aspects that have to be considered in teaching a second language focusing in listening activities. Finally, we analyze the listening section of TOEFL exam. Here, we show how Pragmatics is present and its importance to the students who take this specific test
topic inglês - ensino - estudantes estrangeiros
compreensão da língua falada
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