“Appropriateness” in foreign language acquisition and use: some theoretical, methodological and ethical considerations [PDF]
In this contribution, I focus on the concept of “appropriateness” in the usage, the learning and the teaching of foreign languages. Using a participant-based emic perspective, I investigate multilinguals’ perceptions of appropriateness in their foreign ...
Barron +12 more
core +1 more source
From Communicative Competence to Pragmatic Competence: What Impact on FL Teaching and Learning?
This paper shows the importance pragmatic competence has gained through time with the development of the concept of communicative competence. Towards that aim a description of the circumstances in which the concept of communicative competence emerged ...
Anissa Fiziya
doaj +1 more source
Task-Based Approach as an Effective Tool in Developing Pragmatic Competence
The challenge of realizing the value of pragmatic competence development in the current curriculum has been a long struggle in most language classes across the globe.
Leo D. Rayon, Jr.
doaj +1 more source
Pragmatic competence and the CEFR: pragmatic profiling as a link between theory and language use
The functional and communicative perspective on language advocated in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), hides the fact that, while the CEFR programmatically emphasises the role of pragmatic competence in language learning,
Pawel Sickinger, Klaus Peter Schneider
doaj +1 more source
The priority of the competence approach aimed at developing professional competency of higher education students reflects the labour market need for graduates with the skills required by their speciality and relevant to the interrelated disciplines.
Nadezhda Almazova, Oksana Sheredekina
doaj +1 more source
Loanwords and Pragmatic Competence [PDF]
The extensive number of English loanwords in Japanese can be an invaluable resource for language learners in Japan and knowledge of them can aid in the recognition and comprehension of English vocabulary. However, because comparatively few of the English loanwords used in Japanese share all of the same meanings and usages with their English source ...
openaire +1 more source
Interlanguage pragmatics and instructional pragmatics: two vibrant and illuminating research fields [PDF]
*** **
Liana Fetter, Giselle +2 more
core +2 more sources
LECTURER’S VIEW ON PRAGMATIC ISSUE: PRAGMATIC FAILURE AND PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE
Pragmatic is one of the important competencies that should be mastered by language learners because it focuses on utterance and speaker meaning. With regard to its focus, pragmatics deal with language functions-that is what language expression is commonly used in a particular situation.
Rahmatul Khasanah +2 more
openaire +1 more source
Vulnerability to bullying in children with a history of specific speech and language difficulties [PDF]
This is an electronic version of an article published in Lindsay, Geoff and Dockrell, Julie and Mackie, Clare (2008) Vulnerability to bullying in children with a history of specific speech and language difficulties.
Ahmad Y. +22 more
core +2 more sources
ASSESSING PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE OF L2 LEARNERS [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to explore the components of pragmatic competence for L2 learners. Developing pragmatic competence in a second/foreign language has been addressed in many articles and publications on cross-cultural and interlanguage pragmatics (Bardovi-Harlig, 1999; Barron, 2003; Blum-Kulka, House, & Kasper, 1989; Cohen & Ishihara, 2005 ...
Kusevska, Marija +4 more
openaire +3 more sources

