A Video Venture into Pragmatics: Cashing In on Language.

Autor/inn/en	Pang, Terence T. T.; Klassen, Johanna
Titel	A Video Venture into Pragmatics: Cashing In on Language.
Quelle	(1993), (55 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Banking; Cultural Education; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Instructional Materials; Intercultural Communication; Interpersonal Competence; Material Development; Nonverbal Communication; Pragmatics; Second Language Instruction; Second Languages; Sociocultural Patterns; Videotape Recordings + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bankgeschäft; Culture; Education; Kulturelle Bildung; Kulturelle Erziehung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Lehrmaterialentwicklung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Pragmalinguistik; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Second language; Zweitsprache; Soziokulturelle Theorie
Abstract	The design of a videotape recording for teaching politeness to learners of English as a Second Language is described. The recording attempts a step-by-step analysis of politeness realization markers and acts, especially face-threatening acts, simultaneously mapped onto the paralinguistic features accompanying them. It contains four bank scenes in which visitors request services of a bank teller, a goal-directed transaction that ultimately fails. Two of the scenes focus on an account withdrawal; two pertain to the closing of an account. In each pair of scenes, one teller handles the situation tactfully and one experiences pragmatic failure. Failure is used to de-emphasize the transaction aspect of the scene and point up the interpersonal aspect. Communication acts and problems are analyzed in captions and narrative voice-over. The intent is to suggest alternatives to behavior that leads to pragmatic failure. A transcription of the video scenes and narrative are appended. (MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC