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ERIC Number: EJ240672
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jan
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On the Not-so-Obvious: Pragmatics in ELT.
Loveday, Leo
English Language Teaching Journal, v35 n2 p122-26 Jan 1981
Shows, by discussing presupposition and speech acts, that the interplay between background information and linguistic surface is highly subtle and complex. These ideas are not always obvious to teachers, let alone English as a Foreign Language students. An examination of background information and speaker's intentions will facilitate an appreciation of L2 interaction. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Usage, Postsecondary Education, Pragmatics, Secondary Education, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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