Integrating Pragmatics into the MA-TESL Program: Perspectives from Former Students.

Autor/inn/en	Vásquez, Camilla; Fioramonte, Amy
Titel	Integrating Pragmatics into the MA-TESL Program: Perspectives from Former Students.
Quelle	In: Teaching English as a second or foreign language, 15 (2011) 2, 22 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anhang; Anmerkungen 4
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-4303
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Lehrerausbildung; Feedback; Pragmatik (Ling); Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Englischunterricht; Hochschule; USA
Abstract	This article describes a semester-long course focusing on pragmatics and language teaching, which is a curricular requirement in a Master's TESL program at one U.S. university. An exploratory study was conducted with a sample of students who had taken the course in the past 5 years, to determine whether they had been able to incorporate what they learned in the pragmatics course into their subsequent ESL/EFL (and, in some cases, other language) teaching. Participants' responses to open-ended items on an email questionnaire were analyzed for emergent themes. The article reports on the primary topic areas and techniques participants use to teach pragmatics to their ESL/EFL learners, the major obstacles facing teachers in bringing pragmatics into their language classrooms-as well as a few unexpected learning outcomes that students associated with this course. We conclude with a set of suggestions for other TESL educators who may also be interested in teaching students about pragmatics. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2