Developing pragmatic competence.ppt

Developing pragmatic competence.ppt

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Developingpragmaticcompetence,Grammaticalerrormayrevealaspeakertobelessthanaproficientlanguage-user,pragmaticfailurelikewisereflectsbadlyonhim/herasaperson.JennyThomas,Cross-culturepragmaticfailure,1983:

97,1.L2pragmaticcompetence,ThegoalsofteachingEnglishtoChinesestudents:

Linguisticcompetence:

theimpartingofsoundpatterns,vocabularyandgrammarofEnglish;Pragmaticcompetence:

relatingtotheappropriateuseofEnglishindynamiccontexts（social;cultural）,Pragmaticinstructionisstillnecessary:

Culturaldisparities;ThedevelopmentofL2pragmaticcompetencemaynotnaturallyfollowthatofL2linguisticcompetence;SomepeoplehighlycompetentintheirL1communicationaremuchlesscontext-sensitiveinL2communication,3.Miscommunicationandpragmaticfailures,Miscommunicationandpragmaticfailures:

evidenceofwantofpragmaticcompetence.Examples:

Pragmaticfailurestendtooccurwhennon-nativespeakersassumetotalcomparabilityofusagebetweensomeitemstheL2andsomeintheirL1.Zhang:

Dontyoulikeit?

Wang:

Yes,Idontlikeit.,Termsofaddressareareasofpragmaticfailures.Mr.Richardson:

Bytheway,ImAndrewRichardson.MyfriendscallmeAndy.Thisismybusinesscard.Mr.ChenPing:

ImDavidChen.Pleasedtomeetyou,Mr.Richardson.Thisismycard.Mr.Richardson:

No,no,callmeAndy.Ithinkwellbedoingalotofbusinesstogether.Mr.Chen:

Yes,Ihopeso.Mr.Richardson（readingMr.Chenscard）:

“ChenPing”.Ping,IllgiveyouacalltomorrowassoonasIgetsettledatmyhotel.Mr.Chen（smiling）:

Yes,Illexpectyourcall.Whattermsofaddressareusedinappropriatelyinthisdialogue?

ThefollowingwelcomespeechbythedeanofaChinesecollegeastonishedagroupofexchangestudentsfromanEnglish-speakingcountry:

Wereindeedverysorrythatwecantprovideadequatelearningfacilitiesforyou,andtheacademicstandardofthefacultyisalsoverylimited.Inaddition,thelivingconditionsoncampusarefarfromsatisfactoryWebegyourpardon,Whatstheproblempragmaticallyspeaking?

AbilingualChineseadvertisementinChinaDaily:

广州酒家食在广州第一家GuangzhouRestaurantEatinginGuangzhou,weareNumberOne.Bilingualnoticesinpoorgrammarbanningsmokinginsomepublicplaces:

为了你和他人的健康，吸烟请到吸烟区。

Foryourandothershealththepassengerswhosmokepleasegotothesmokingarea.吸烟请到吸烟区。

Tosmoke,pleasegotothesmokingarea.,Whycouldtherebethefollowingdialogue?

Canadianteacher（toChinesestudents）:

Youreverycleverwomen.（Oneofthegirlstudentsinclass）:

No,Iamnotawoman.Iamagirl.,WhatmightbetheproblemwithAslastutterance?

WhatmightbeaproperresponsetoBinEnglish?

A:

Youlookpale.Whatsthematter?

B:

Imfeelingsick.Acold,maybe.A:

Goandseethedoctor.Drinkmorewater.Didyoutakeanypills?

Chinesemedicineworkswonderful.Wouldyouliketotry?

Putonmoreclothes.Haveagoodrest.,