Teaching Pragmatics
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Table of Contents
Introduction
- Introduction (PDF)
Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig and Rebecca Mahan-Taylor
Awareness
- In the Mood: Introducing Pragmatic Awareness at Low Levels (PDF)
Edit H. Kontra - Politeness is More than “Please” (PDF)
Anne M. Howard - Speakers and Task Type: Increasing Awareness of Factors in Speech Act Production (PDF)
Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas - Greetings with a Difference (PDF)
Ann Burke and Julie O’Sullivan - Spot the Problem! (PDF)
Melinda Edwards - Terms of Address (PDF)
Miyuki Takenoya - The Texas Airport Cookies: Pragmatic Variation from an Urban Legend (PDF)
Faridah Pawan and Daniel J. Reed
Conversational Management
- Promoting Solidarity in Short Interactions (PDF)
Janet M. D. Higgins - Discourse Markers “Well” and “Oh” (PDF)
Kent Lee - Comment-Response Mingle (PDF)
Lynda Yates - “That’s Wrong!” Improving the Friendly Discussions of Controversial Issues (PDF)
Lewis Malamed - “Actually, the Deadline was Friday of Last Week, Not This Week...” Polite Ways of Correcting or Contradicting (PDF)
Olga Barsony - Making Contrasts in English (PDF)
Ann Wennerstorm - Listen Actively! You Can Keep that Conversation Going! (PDF)
Sara Gallow - Are You Listening? (Backchannel Behaviors) (PDF)
Anne Berry - Talking on a Second Channel Using Parentheticals (PDF)
Wayne B. Dickerson
Conversational Openings and Closings
- Hello! I Must Be Going! (PDF)
Jennifer M. Herrin - How Are You, Auntie Elizabeth? (PDF)
Melinda Edwards - How Do You Say Goodbye? (PDF)
Olga Griswold - Telephone Conversation Openings (PDF)
Jean Wong
Requests
- “Get to the Point, Will You Please?” Requesting the Main Point in the Classroom (PDF)
Yi Yuan - E-Mail Requests (PDF)
Thomas Mach and Shelly Ridder - What Do You Think? Requesting Responses from Professors (PDF)
Donald L. Weasenforth - The Pragmatics Action Maze (PDF)
Thomas Salsbury - Softening Short Requests (PDF)
Lynda Yates
Assorted Speech Acts
- “Leave a Speech Act after the Beep:” Using the Telephone to Teach Pragmatics (PDF)
Douglas Demo - The Rules of the Queue (PDF)
Jane E. Hardy - Complaining Successfully: Negotiating Redress in Service Encounters (PDF)
Dudley Reynolds - Giving and Responding to Compliments (PDF)
Noriko Ishihara - Teaching Refusals in an EFL Setting (PDF)
Sachiko Kondo