Thirteenth International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies

Abstract

Developing L2 learners’ pragmatic skills has become an important goal in ESL and EFL pedagogy. Existing instructional materials, however, have yet to meet the increasing demand for pragmatics content that reflect authentic language use, making it unnecessarily challenging for teachers to incorporate this crucial skill in their L2 contexts. The presenter will introduce the website she created to provide audio-visual instructional resources for teaching pragmatics in a variety of pedagogical contexts. Participants will learn how to adapt the materials available on the website, as the presenter leads the audience through useful techniques for incorporating pragmatics into an ESL class.