Donna Hurst Tatsuki

Language teachers have long been aware of the devastating effect of learners’ grammatically correct, yet inappropriate spoken or written communication. Most classroom teachers need access to relevant information about how speech acts are performed and need to know both the strategies and the grammatical forms generally employed, as well as how the social context. So, they need access to effective materials and support for implementing the materials.
This workshop/talk will provide information and suggest a range of activities to teach pragmatics in a classroom setting. Following a short explanatory introduction to the issues involved in teaching speech acts, workshop participants will experience several selected activities and be encouraged to adapt them for their own teaching situations. They will also be provided with a list of references and teaching resources, many of which are available on line.