《语言教学中的语用问题》评介  

A Review of Pragmatics in Language Teaching

作　　者：吴亚欣[1] 于国栋[1] 

机构地区：[1]山西大学外语学院,山西太原030006

出　　处：《现代外语》2003年第3期326-330,共5页Modern Foreign Languages

摘　　要：本文是对Kenneth R.Rose和Gabriele Kasper编著的《语言教学中的语用问题》(Pragmatics in Language Teaching,Cambridge University Press,2001,pp.ix+325)的评介。该书首先指出了语际语用能力的可教性、可学性和可测试性,并强调外语教学中语用教学的重要性,然后通过选取不同的论文,展示语际语用研究的理论和经验背景,外语语用能力的教与学,以及对外语学习者的语用能力的测试与评估等。该书全面展示了外语教学中语用教学方面的主要内容和研究方向,为我们从事这方面的研究提供了理论和现实依据。This paper presents a review of Pragmatics in Language Teaching edited by Kenneth R. Rose & Gabriele Kasper and published by Cambridge University Press, 2001. The book is a symposium, including fourteen papers written by different authors. It points out the teachability, learnability, and testability of pragmatic competence in L2 and foreign language teaching. Meanwhile, it stresses the importance of pragmatic training in L2 acquisition and foreign language learning. The selected papers demonstrate the theoretical and empirical background of the research on pragmatics in language teaching, analyze some of the issues in classroom-based learning of pragmatics, reveal the effects of certain kinds of instructions in pragmatics, and discuss some tools and methods for the assessment of pragmatic ability. This book displays the main content and research approaches of pragmatics in L2 and foreign language teaching and offers theoretical and practical bases for the researchers. As a symposium, this book has a well-knitted structure and carefully selected topics. The papers are organized in the sequence of starting from the macro or general coverage and ending with the micro or specific illustrations. This arrangement facilitates to some degree the readers' understanding and grasp of the essence and spirit of the book. Specifically speaking, the contents include both the theoretical consideration and the practical application, and the latter even covers researches on learners of different languages, namely, English, German, French, Japanese so as to manifest the similarities and differences between one's native language and target language. In so doing, the editors draw the readers' attention to the factors influencing the selection of a research topic when carrying out a relevant study. Moreover, considering the differences between grammar testing and that of pragmatic competence, the editors recommend to readers two papers which present the tools for the quantitative study and research methods for dif

关 键 词：外语教学 语用学 可教性 可学性 可测试性 

分 类 号：H030[语言文字—语言学]