Inductive or deductive? : the impact of method of instruction on the acquisition of pragmatic competence in EFL / by Karen Glaser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glaser, Karen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical thinking.

Dialogue analysis.

Effective teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (633 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a longitudinal, quasi-experimental classroom study into the effects of inductive and deductive instruction on the acquisition of pragmatic competence in adult English-as-a-Foreign-Language learners. Set within the explicit teaching paradigm, it presents the first systematic analysis of the contrast between inductive and deductive teaching methods in instructional pragmatics. Two learner groups were taught about disagreement and offer refusal, and their pragmatic skills were...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF APPENDICES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; REFERENCES; APPENDICES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebary, viewed October 31, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-7008-0

OCLC:

893739644