Teaching Pragmatics: Trends and Issues
by Anabel Tenorio
1. Technology: The use of technology in teaching pragmatics allows students to practice using inputs, simulation, interactions, and all with multimedia environments. Resources such as recorders can be used hand in hand with their role playing activities.
1.1. Virtual Platforms: Provides learners with an authentic context for communicating
2. Comprehensive Framework
2.1. Researching
2.2. Reflecting
2.3. Receiving
2.4. Reasoning
2.5. Rehearsing
2.6. Revising
3. Teaching through Strategies: When teaching pragmatics through strategies teachers also enrich s child's social skills.
4. This article explains various studies on pragmatics with L2 learners and its importance. It suggests a few activities and resources for how to teach pragmatics and have students practice them.
5. Role-Playing Activities: These activities help students practice speech in particular roles. These types of practices allow students to practice their speech with peers, by assuming roles in various scenarios.
6. Taguchi, N. (2011). Teaching pragmatics: Trends and issues. Annual review of applied linguistics, 31, 289-310. doi: 10.1017/S0267190511000018.
