Publication Date

2009

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

First Advisor

Patrick Moran

Abstract

This research paper explores the application of pragmatics in second language teaching. It presents pragmatics as a discipline that may be taught and learned utilizing the experiential learning cycle. The paper explores challenging pragmatic experiences and how the cycle was used to overcome them. Additionally, it proposes a model to teach pragmatics, illustrated by a lesson based on an episode of a television show. Finally, the paper ends with my personal view of this project, and its applications on my learning of English and to my language teaching.

Disciplines

Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics | First and Second Language Acquisition | Linguistics

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