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Researching and Teaching Second Language Speech Acts in the Chinese Context

This book contributes to the literature of interlanguage pragmatics by building an interface between researching and teaching speech acts in the Chinese context. It is written for researchers, language educators, classroom teachers and readers who are interested in interlanguage pragmatics research,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Cynthia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Subjects:
Language Teaching And Learning
Language Education
Language And Languages / Study And Teaching
Pragmatics
Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition And Development
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Contributions of the Book
  • Organization of the Book
  • Chapter One
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Pragmatics
  • 1.3 Speech Act Competence and Development in L1 and L2
  • 1.4 Teachability of L2 Speech Acts
  • 1.5 Summary
  • Chapter Two
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Developing L2 Speech Act Competence
  • 2.3 Researching L2 Speech Act Competence
  • 2.4 Summary
  • Chapter Three
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Culture and Speech Act Performance
  • 3.3 Chinese Cultural Concepts for Interpersonal Communication – Limao (politeness) and Mianzi (facework)
  • 3.4 Influence of Chinese Cultural Norms and Language on Chinese and English Speech Act Performances
  • 3.5 Summary
  • Chapter Four
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Development of L2 Requests
  • 4.3 Development of L2 Apologies
  • 4.4 Development of L2 Compliment-responses
  • 4.5 Development of L2 Refusals
  • 4.6 Development of L2 Complaints
  • 4.7 Trajectory of Chinese English Learners’ L2 Speech Act Development
  • 4.8 Summary
  • Chapter Five.-5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Teaching Speech Acts: Instruction Versus Natural Exposure
  • 5.3 Developing Speech Act Competence
  • 5.4 What Speech Acts to Teach to Chinese Learners of English?
  • 5.5 How to Develop Speech Act Competence for Chinese Learners of English? Practical Ideas and Teaching Materials
  • 5.6 Summary
  • Chapter Six
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Importance of Understanding Learners’ L1 and L2 Speech Act Performance
  • 6.3 Allowing Space for L2 Learners to Make Their Own Choices and Respect Their Decisions
  • 6.4 The Ways Forward

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