• closedAccess   Analysing pragmatics in textbooks: Requests and topics in listening transcripts 

      Fuentes Bolos, Sara Universitat Jaume I (2017-10-03)
      Textbooks are one of the main sources of input learners receive in the classroom. Most of the times, they are considered the key component of the curriculum in English Language Teaching (ELT). However, they have been often ...
    • closedAccess   Analysing the speech act of refusing in Grey’s anatomy series 

      Nieto Bernat, Davinia María Universitat Jaume I (2016-10-26)
      Appropriate refusal interactions may be a difficult task for learners of English in a foreign context since they tend to apply rules from their native language to the target language when refusing. Consequently, they can ...
    • closedAccess   Teaching pragmatics: insights from SLA research 

      Herraiz Martínez, Ana Universitat Jaume I (2014-06-18)
      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 ...