Full Description
This book presents a pragmatic perspective on the development of intercultural communicative competence and intercultural understanding by language learners in the foreign language classroom and in study abroad contexts. Using data from role-play interactions, intercultural episodes and student reflections, including both US learners of Spanish and multilingual learners of other languages, the book examines how a focus on pragmatics and metapragmatic awareness aids the development of intercultural competence. It also addresses current topics such as intercultural impoliteness, the negotiation of and reflection on speech acts at the discourse level, pragmatic competence, agency and pragmatic resistance. The book concludes with a reflection on what it means to be an intercultural speaker along with suggestions for both teaching and assessment.
Contents
Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Transcription Conventions
Introduction
Chapter 1. Intercultural Communicative Competence as Language Use: A Pragmatic Perspective
Chapter 2. Pragmatic Competence and Metapragmatic Awareness in Intercultural Understanding
Chapter 3. Pragmatic-Discursive Perspective on Language Use and Intercultural Understanding
Chapter 4. Pragmatic Learning and Intercultural Understanding in the Foreign Language Classroom
Chapter 5. Negotiating Refusals: Sociopragmatic Awareness and Insights from Study Abroad Learners
Chapter 6. Intercultural Impoliteness, Reflexive Awareness, and Agency in Study Abroad Contexts
Conclusion
References
Index
