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Online Materials on EFL and Related Topics

Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig
Rebecca Mahan-Taylor
Editors

Teaching Pragmatics is a collection of 30 lessons that can help English learners use socially appropriate language in a variety of informal and formal situations.

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Awareness

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In the Mood: Introducing Pragmatic Awareness at Low Levels, Edit H. Kontra

Politeness is More than “Please”, Anne M. Howard

Speakers and Task Type: Increasing Awareness of Factors in Speech Act Production, Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas

Greetings with a Difference, Ann Burke and Julie O’Sullivan

Spot the Problem!, Melinda Edwards
Appropriateness in Terms of Address, Miyuki Takenoya

The Texas Airport Cookies: Pragmatic Variation from an Urban Legend, Faridah Pawan and Daniel J. Reed

Conversational Management

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Promoting Solidarity in Short Interactions, Janet M. D. Higgins

Discourse Markers “Well” and “Oh”, Kent Lee

Comment-Response Mingle, Lynda Yates

“That’s Wrong!” Improving the Friendly Discussions of Controversial Issues, Lewis Malamed

“Actually, the Deadline was Friday of Last Week, Not This Week...” Polite Ways of Correcting or Contradicting, Olga Barsony

Making Contrasts in English, Ann Wennerstrom

Listen Actively! You Can Keep that Conversation Going!, Sara Gallow

Are You Listening? (Backchannel Behaviors), Anne Berry

Talking on a Second Channel Using Parentheticals, Wayne B. Dickerson

Conversational Openings and Closings

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Hello! I Must Be Going!, Jennifer M. Herrin

How Are You, Auntie Elizabeth?, Melinda Edwards

How Do You Say Goodbye?, Olga Griswold

Telephone Conversation Openings, Jean Wong

Requests

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“Get to the Point, Will You Please?” Requesting the Main Point in the Classroom, Yi Yuan

E-Mail Requests, Thomas Mach and Shelly Ridder

What Do You Think? Requesting Responses from Professors, Donald L. Weasenforth

The Pragmatics Action Maze, Thomas Salsbury

Softening Short Requests, Lynda Yates

Assorted Speech Acts

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“Leave a Speech Act after the Beep”: Using the Telephone to Teach Pragmatics, Douglas Demo

The Rules of the Queue, Jane E. Hardy

Complaining Successfully: Negotiating Redress in Service Encounters, Dudley Reynolds

Giving and Responding to Compliments, Noriko Ishihara

Teaching Refusals in an EFL Setting, Sachiko Kondo

Index (click here to search by topic or author)

From:
Bardovi-Harlig, K. and Mahan-Taylor, R. 2003. Teaching Pragmatics. Washington DC: US Department of State, Office of English Language Programs.

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