4. SOCIALISING THROUGH LANGUAGE

 

Speech Acts:

http://carla.acad.umn.edu/SpeechActs/speech_acts.html

- Apologies

http://carla.acad.umn.edu/SpeechActs/apologies.html

- Complaints

http://carla.acad.umn.edu/SpeechActs/complaints.html

- Compliments

http://carla.acad.umn.edu/SpeechActs/compliments.html

- Refusals

http://carla.acad.umn.edu/SpeechActs/refusals.html

- Requests

http://carla.acad.umn.edu/SpeechActs/requests.html

- Thanking

http://carla.acad.umn.edu/SpeechActs/thanking.html

 

Activities to develop conversational management

This section includes activities that address the mechanics of conversation, such as turn taking, active listening, relevant short responses, and using hesitation markers.

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/higgins.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/lee.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/yates.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/malamed.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/barsony.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/wennerstrom.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/gallow.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/berry.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/dickerson.htm

 

Activities to develop conversational openings and closings:

The activities in this section deal with the boundaries of conversations: how to begin and end conversations, both in person and on the telephone. These activities are designed to help learners become more familiar and feel more comfortable with initiating conversations and participating successfully in closings whether as the initiator or the respondent.

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/herrin.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/edwards2.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/griswold.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/wong.htm

 

Activities focusing on requests:

All of the activities in this section deal with the specific speech act of asking someone to do something. The chapters include a wide variety of situations that range from face to face requests between friends to email requests to instructors.

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/yuan.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/weasenforth.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/weasenforth.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/salsbury.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/yates2.htm

 

Activities dealing with assorted speech acts:

This section presents a variety of speech acts including, compliments, refusals, complaints, and requests while waiting in lines.

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/demo.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/hardy.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/reynolds.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/ishihara.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/kondo.htm

 

Activities related to computers:

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/mach.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/reynolds.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/salsbury.htm

http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/pragmatics/weasenforth.htm