Abstract
This article aims at discussing the importance of Pragmatics in ESL classroom, more specifically in listening tasks. In order to base our study, we present an overview of some pragmatic theories which relies on the notion of inference, like Grice (1975) and Sperber and Wilson (1995). Then, we discuss about the importance of Pragmatics among language teaching and listening skill. In this section, we highlight some important aspects that have to be considered in teaching a second language focusing in listening activities. Finally, we analyze the listening section of TOEFL exam. Here, we show how Pragmatics is present and its importance to the students who take this specific test.
Highlights
This paper is going to discuss the importance of Pragmatics in ESL classesand its relation to listening activities
This review initiates presenting the first model of communication; we introduce Grice (1975) and his Implicature Theory, in which he developed the notion of inference
We focused on listening activities and what students have to do to be successful in this kind of task
Summary
This paper is going to discuss the importance of Pragmatics in ESL classesand its relation to listening activities. The objective of this work is to demonstrate how Pragmatics can help students understand a second language, in listening skill. This way, we are going to review some pragmatic theories that are based on the notion of inference in communication.
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