This paper brings together the research and developments of instructed pragmatics over the
past three decades by reporting the synthesis findings of instructional intervention studies in …

Theoretical, empirical, and practical interest in pragmatic competence and development for
second language (L2) learners has resulted in a large body of literature on teaching L2 …

Taguchi and Roever present the latest developments in second language pragmatics
research, combining acquisitional and sociolinguistic perspectives. They cover theories of …

An understanding of sociocultural context is crucial in second language learning–yet
develo** this awareness often poses a real challenge to the typical language learner. This …

Discourse in English Language Education introduces students to the major concepts and
questions in Discourse Studies and their applications to language education. Each chapter …

The handbook has a particular focus on covering not only traditional topics in the field, such
as constructs of pragmatic competence (eg, speech acts, implicature), teaching and …

Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a lively and accessible introduction to pragmatics which
both covers theory and applies it to real spoken and written data. This textbook …

Communicative tasks are defined as activities in which meaning is primary, there is a goal
which needs to be worked toward, there is a real world relationship and the interaction …

This book examines L2 learners' development of pragmatic competence-the appropriate
language use in a social context. It reveals patterns of development across different aspects …

This article examines the claims made by various scholars regarding the use of the linguistic
landscape as a pedagogical resource within multilingual educational contexts. As an area of …