Cohen Learning Pragmatics from Native and Nonnative Language Teachers

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78309-994-8
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 123, 312 Seiten

Reihe: Second Language Acquisition

This book deals with intercultural pragmatics and how both nonnative teachers (NNTs) and native teachers (NTs) may enhance their classroom instruction regarding target language (TL) pragmatics. It focuses primarily on the experiences of instructors as they teach their learners about the pragmatics of the TL, both in second and foreign language learning settings. It makes clear that there are aspects of teaching pragmatics where it may help to be an NT and other areas where it may help to be an NNT and proposes creative ideas that both sets of teachers may draw on to compensate for gaps in their knowledge. Further themes in the book include ideas for motivating students who want to learn about pragmatics, the role of technology in teaching and learning pragmatics, the role of learning strategies, the assessment of pragmatics and ways to research pragmatics. The book will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators and students interested in researching and improving the teaching of pragmatics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Andrew D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Pragmatics for Learners and Teachers

Chapter 2: The Development of Pragmatic Ability (with Lauren Wyner)

Chapter 3: The Handling of Pragmatics by Native and Nonnative Teachers

Chapter 4: What Native and Nonnative Teachers Know About Pragmatics and What They Report Doing

Chapter 5: Basic Issues in the Teaching of Pragmatics (with Lauren Wyner)

Chapter 6: Ideas for Teaching Pragmatics and for Motivating Learners

Chapter 7: The Role of Technology in Teaching and Learning Pragmatics

Chapter 8: The Learning of Pragmatics

Chapter 9: The Assessment of Pragmatics

Chapter 10: Researching Pragmatics

Chapter 11: Conclusions

References

Acronyms Used in the Book

Über Autor(innen)

Cohen, Andrew D.
Andrew D. Cohen is Professor Emeritus from the University of Minnesota. He is currently living in Oakland, VA. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural community development with the Aymara Indians on the High Plains of Bolivia (1965-67). Cohen taught in the ESL Section, UCLA (1972-1975), in Language Education at the Hebrew University (1975-1991), as a Fulbright Lecturer/Researcher at the PUC, São Paulo, Brazil (1986-87), and as professor of L2 Studies, University of Minnesota (1991-2013). During his Minnesota years, he was a Visiting Scholar, University of Hawaii (1996-7) and Tel Aviv University (1997), and a Visiting Lecturer, Auckland University, New Zealand (2004-5). He co-edited Language Learning Strategies with Ernesto Macaro (Oxford University Press, 2007), co-authored Teaching and Learning Pragmatics with Noriko Ishihara (Routledge, 2014, with translations into Japanese, Korean, and Arabic), authored Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language (Routledge, 2011), and most recently published The Learning of Pragmatics from Native and Nonnative Language Teachers (Multilingual Matters, 2018). He has also published many book chapters and journal articles. Copies of most of his papers are available for download on his website: https://z.umn.edu/adcohen.

Andrew D. Cohen is Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota, USA. He has published extensively in the areas of pragmatics, language assessment, and language learner strategies, and frequently presents his research at international conferences. He was the recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Scholarship and Service Award from the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL). He is also a hyperpolyglot, currently learning his 13th language, Mandarin.