L2 Spanish Pragmatics. From Research to Teaching

L2 Spanish Pragmatics is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of current research into pragmatics and Spanish language teaching.

It presents the research on the teaching of pragmatics and Spanish language as a multifaceted discipline. Written by an international cohort of scholars, the breadth of topics includes innovative topics in the teaching of Spanish, such as genre analysis, discourse markers, politeness and impoliteness, nonverbal communication, irony, and humor, as well as web-based pragmatics resources.

Contenidos

1. The Pragmatics Toolbox 
Victoria Escandell-Vidal
  
2. Learning L2 Spanish Pragmatics: What Research Says, What Textbooks Offer, What Teachers Must Do 
Montserrat Mir  

3. Pragmatics in L2 Spanish Textbooks: Perspectives from Spain 
Carlos de Pablos-Ortega  

4. When to Speak Spanish and When Not to: Interethnic Communication and U.S. Students of L2 Spanish 
Laura Callahan

5. Nonverbal Communication in L2 Spanish Teaching 
Ana M. Cestero Mancera  

6. Teaching L2 Spanish Discourse Markers and Pragmatic 
Markers Catalina Fuentes-Rodríguez 

7. Teaching Sociopragmatics: Face-Work, Politeness and Impoliteness in L2 Spanish Colloquial Conversations 
María Bernal  

8. Developing L2 Spanish Discursive-Pragmatic Ability in a Persuasive Genre at an Intermediate Level 
Cecilia Sessarego  

9. The Pragmatics of Irony in the L2 Spanish Classroom M. Belén Alvarado Ortega  

10. Teaching with and about Humor in the L2 Spanish Classroom 
Susana de los Heros  

11. L2 Spanish Pragmatics Instruction at the Novice Level: Creating Meaningful Contexts for the Acquisition of Grammatical Forms Lynn Pearson  

12. Web-Based Pragmatics Resources: Techniques and Strategies for Teaching L2 Spanish Pragmatics to English Speakers
Victoria Russell