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Assessing Pragmatic Competence in the Japanese EFL Context: Towards the Learning of Listener Responses
Pino Cutrone
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With a focus on intercultural communication between Japanese and Americans, this book describes how differing listening styles and conversational behaviours across cultures can negatively influence intercultural communication. Responding to the many calls for studies examining the teachability of listener responses in the language classroom, the author investigates whether listener responses would be a suitable target for instruction in the EFL/ESL classroom, and, if so, what instructional methods are best suited to teaching this elusive aspect of pragmatic competence. By addressing these issues, this book provides exciting and novel insights into various aspects of applied linguistics. By supplementing language data and ... Read more
With a focus on intercultural communication between Japanese and Americans, this book describes how differing listening styles and conversational behaviours across cultures can negatively influence intercultural communication. Responding to the many calls for studies examining the teachability of listener responses in the language classroom, the author investigates whether listener responses would be a suitable target for instruction in the EFL/ESL classroom, and, if so, what instructional methods are best suited to teaching this elusive aspect of pragmatic competence. By addressing these issues, this book provides exciting and novel insights into various aspects of applied linguistics. By supplementing language data and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
375
Place of Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781443846066
SKU
V9781443846066
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About Pino Cutrone
Pino Cutrone has been teaching in Japan for fifteen years and is currently an Associate Professor at Nagasaki University. He received his PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading and has published widely in his field. His research interests include intercultural pragmatics, sociolinguistics and EFL pedagogy.
Reviews for Assessing Pragmatic Competence in the Japanese EFL Context: Towards the Learning of Listener Responses
This book makes a major contribution to studies in intercultural communication (IC), providing robust evidence to support the teaching of pragmatic skills (and specifically backchannel behaviour) to L2 learners of English. Through a detailed and sophisticated tour through the literature on IC, backchannels and the Japanese context, and a detailed explication of his research project, Cutrone illuminates our understanding of ... Read more