Teaching and Learning Second Language Pragmatics for Intercultural Understanding

Contents

List of Tables, Figures and Appendices

Contributors

Introduction: Second language pragmatics for intercultural understanding

TROY MCCONACHY AND ANTHONY J. LIDDICOAT

1. Negotiating politeness practices and interpersonal connections in L2 Japanese: Insights from study abroad narratives

Troy McConachy and Hanako Fujino

2. "But in England they're certainly very polite, so you mustn't forget that": Young EFL learners making sense of pragmatic practices

Milica Savic and Anders Myrset

3. Exploring framing categories in language learners' intercultural positioning: "Asia" and "the West"

Barbara Pizziconi

4. Literary pragmatics and intercultural dialogue in the beginning language class: A study in social reading

Peju Alfred and Chantelle Warner

5. Mixed-culture discussion activities as a tool for developing pragmatic and intercultural awareness

Andrew Barke and Momoyo Shimazu

6. Concept-Based Instruction for teaching and learning L2 (im)politeness

Natalia Morollon-Marti

7. Co-constructing non-essentialist pedagogy: Supporting teachers to support learners' translingual agency through L2 pragmatics instruction

Noriko Ishihara and Adriana Porcellato

8. Intercultural competence and pragmatics in the L2 classroom: Views of in-service EFL teachers in primary, secondary, and adult education

Gila A. Schauer

9. Towards a new measurement of intercultural competence: Assessing the pragmatic competence of intercultural speakers

Ariadna Sanchez-Hernandez and Carmen Maiz-Arevalo