Pedagogy on teaching negotiation of speech acts: Accepting invitations and offers in L2 Chinese
Pragmatic competence has long been considered an important aspect of second language learners’ language ability, yet pragmatic instruction is rarely found in Chinese as a foreign or second language setting. This paper presents a 75-minute pragmatic lesson on accepting invitations and offers in Chi...
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| description | Pragmatic competence has long been considered an
important aspect of second language learners’ language ability, yet pragmatic instruction is rarely found in Chinese as a foreign or
second language setting. This paper presents a 75-minute pragmatic lesson on accepting invitations and offers in Chinese using authentic and semi-authentic language materials. The effectiveness of the instructional unit was tested empirically with a small group of students, who did the same roleplay task both before and after the instruction as well as in interview to elicit their reflection on the learning process and comments on teaching materials. The students were able to sequence their production in a more target-like way after the instruction and provided positive feedback on the instructional unit. This paper also makes recommendations for how to develop teaching materials for pragmatics and incorporate pragmatic instruction into regular CFL/CSL curricula. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf1bd050f7b24390b6ea28c0f6d565962022-12-21T23:37:37ZengNational Council of Less Commonly Taught LanguagesJournal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages1930-90311930-90312018-06-01244375Pedagogy on teaching negotiation of speech acts: Accepting invitations and offers in L2 ChineseYufen Chang0Yunwen Su1Western Kentucky UniversityThe Univeristy of UtahPragmatic competence has long been considered an important aspect of second language learners’ language ability, yet pragmatic instruction is rarely found in Chinese as a foreign or second language setting. This paper presents a 75-minute pragmatic lesson on accepting invitations and offers in Chinese using authentic and semi-authentic language materials. The effectiveness of the instructional unit was tested empirically with a small group of students, who did the same roleplay task both before and after the instruction as well as in interview to elicit their reflection on the learning process and comments on teaching materials. The students were able to sequence their production in a more target-like way after the instruction and provided positive feedback on the instructional unit. This paper also makes recommendations for how to develop teaching materials for pragmatics and incorporate pragmatic instruction into regular CFL/CSL curricula.http://www.ncolctl.org/files/Jncolctl-vol-24/Pedagogy%20on%20teaching%20negotiation%20of%20speech%20acts.....pdfPragmatic instructionsecond language Chineseauthentic materialsconversation |
| spellingShingle | Yufen Chang Yunwen Su Pedagogy on teaching negotiation of speech acts: Accepting invitations and offers in L2 Chinese Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages Pragmatic instruction second language Chinese authentic materials conversation |
| title | Pedagogy on teaching negotiation of speech acts: Accepting invitations and offers in L2 Chinese |
| title_full | Pedagogy on teaching negotiation of speech acts: Accepting invitations and offers in L2 Chinese |
| title_fullStr | Pedagogy on teaching negotiation of speech acts: Accepting invitations and offers in L2 Chinese |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pedagogy on teaching negotiation of speech acts: Accepting invitations and offers in L2 Chinese |
| title_short | Pedagogy on teaching negotiation of speech acts: Accepting invitations and offers in L2 Chinese |
| title_sort | pedagogy on teaching negotiation of speech acts accepting invitations and offers in l2 chinese |
| topic | Pragmatic instruction second language Chinese authentic materials conversation |
| url | http://www.ncolctl.org/files/Jncolctl-vol-24/Pedagogy%20on%20teaching%20negotiation%20of%20speech%20acts.....pdf |
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