Technology and task-based language teaching (TBLT): Exploring pragmatics
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Technology and task-based language teaching (TBLT): Exploring pragmaticsAutoría
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2018-08Editor
The University of the West IndiesISSN
1814-0556Cita bibliográfica
HERRAIZ-MARTINEZ, Ana. Technology and task-based language teaching (TBLT): Exploring pragmatics. International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, 2018, 14.2.Tipo de documento
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This paper focuses on the teaching of pragmatics in English as a Foreign Language classroom and how the traditional way of teaching languages can be challenged. It also aims to highlight the importance of incorporating ... [+]
This paper focuses on the teaching of pragmatics in English as a Foreign Language classroom and how the traditional way of teaching languages can be challenged. It also aims to highlight the importance of incorporating computer-assisted activities as well as other resources that can be introduced into the classrooms in order to teach pragmatics. Taking into account insights from Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research, a teaching proposal is provided to see a great variety of activities and tools that teachers can use in order to keep their students motivated and engaged with language with the main focus on pragmatics. A series of lessons was developed to help 10 and 11-year-old English language learners achieve pragmatic fluency in apologizing. Fifteen students participated in an after-school action research test of the lessons. They enjoyed the learning activities and demonstrated newly-acquired skills. Results from this study reveal that action research is a valuable way to increase teachers’ pedagogical knowledge of how pragmatics is learners in instructional settings. [-]
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