Full Description
This book brings together research on second language pragmatics in the underexplored context of EFL primary classrooms. Presenting studies from Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Norway, Spain and the Netherlands, the book offers a rich exploration of different topics, such as learners' pragmatic performance, awareness and development, learners' and teachers' views on pragmatic instruction, and investigations concerning material use and lesson planning. The studies feature a range of data sources including animated films, arts-based instruction, classroom discourse, narrated picture-based tasks, questionnaires and interviews, introducing the reader to a wealth of opportunities for young learners' engagement with pragmatics. Being the first edited volume to provide an overview of the rapidly growing area of young learner pragmatics, it will be of great interest to researchers, graduate students and language teachers.
Contents
Tables and Figures
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Gila Schauer, Anders Myrset, Milica Savić and Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis: Introduction: Pragmatics and Young EFL Primary School Learners in Europe
Part 1: Young Learners: Production, Perception and Development
Chapter 1. Eva Jakupčević and Jelena O'Reilly: Young EFL Learners' Development of Discourse Marker Use
Chapter 2. Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis, Anders Myrset and Milica Savić: 'If we are Talking to the Minister of Education...': L2 Request Appraisals and Metapragmatic Awareness in Young Learners of English
Chapter 3. Anders Myrset: Giving Young Language Learners a Voice: Learner Feedback on Pragmatics Instruction
Chapter 4. Alicia Martínez-Flor: Exploring In-Service Primary School EFL Teachers' Views on Pragmatics
Part 2: Young Learners: Materials and Pedagogical Considerations
Chapter 5. Veronika Timpe-Laughlin, Tetyana Sydorenko and Judit Dombi: Pragmatics in Primary School: A Look into an English-as-a-Foreign-Language Classroom
Chapter 6. Esther Usó-Juan: The Use of Animated Films as a Resource to Teach Oral Requests and Responses to Young Language Learners: An Evaluative Analysis
Chapter 7. Holger Limberg: Teaching Greetings in Young Learner EFL Classrooms: A Methodological Approach for Primary Pragmatics
Chapter 8. Karen Glaser: Teaching Pragmatics from the Start: Implementing Teaching Units on Greetings in the Primary EFL Classroom
Chapter 9. Gila A. Schauer and Raphaëlle Beecroft: An Arts-Based Approach to Pragmatic Instruction: Using Graphic Novels, Drama and Drawing to Teach Basic Speech Acts in Young EFL Learners
Index
