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Description
Sponsored by Atama-ii Books
This practical session introduces two fun, hands-on tasks designed to develop learners' pragmatic competence as they prepare to go abroad. The tasks are research-based and classroom-tested to foster authentic language use and target cross-cultural awareness of politeness strategies. Participants will leave with ready-to-use lesson ideas and a deeper understanding of how to apply pragmatics principles to communicative lessons. This session will be of interest to teachers involved in study abroad as well as other contexts.
Summary
This practical session introduces two fun, hands-on tasks designed to develop learners' pragmatic competence as they prepare to go abroad. The tasks are research-based and classroom-tested to foster authentic language use and target cross-cultural awareness of politeness strategies. Participants will leave with ready-to-use lesson ideas and a deeper understanding of how to apply pragmatics principles to communicative lessons. This session will be of interest to teachers involved in study abroad as well as other contexts.
| Teaching Context | College and university education |
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