Testing of second language pragmatic competence is an underexplored but growing area of
second language assessment. Tests have focused on assessing learners' sociopragmatic …

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

This book covers the theoretical framework of cultural conceptualisations, cultural cognition
and language which I have been developing since 2001. It draws on a multidisciplinary …

Now in its second edition, this volume offers a strong synthesis of classic and current work in
conversation analysis (CA), usefully encapsulated in a model of interactional practices that …

If language is many things, then so is its acquisition. It is therefore a curious fact that the
study of second language acquisition (SLA) has historically been dominated by a single …

This paper is principally about methodology. It first summarizes five issues in the emerging
research agenda of conversation analysis-for-second language acquisition (CA-for-SLA) …

This introductory textbook presents a variety of approaches and perspectives that can be
employed to analyze any sample of discourse. The perspectives come from multiple …

Compliments have been said to “grease the social wheels” and thus to serve as “social
lubricants”(Wolfson 1983: 89). We all have given compliments and we all occasionally …

Background The concept of IC as it is used today traces back to Hymes's (1972) view of
communicative competence (CC) as the knowledge of how to use language appropriately in …

This paper revisits the question of why pragmatics should be taught in the foreign language
classroom and demonstrates how this can be achieved effectively with materials informed by …