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Exploring the Power of Social Talk in a Foreign Language: Possibilities for Integration and Critical Pedagogy book cover

1st Edition

Exploring the Power of Social Talk in a Foreign Language Possibilities for Integration and Critical Pedagogy

By Gerrard Mugford Copyright 2024
200 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book examines the fundamental interactional dimension to foreign language communication, including the establishment, development, consolidation and maintenance of interpersonal relations. It argues that interpersonal language use such as small talk, casual conversation and gossipy talk is not only key to meaningful and productive communication but that it is an essential dimension with... Read more

1. Introduction. 2. Lay and theoretical concepts of phatic talk. 3. Collaborative structured phatic talk. 4. Convergence: Bridging cross-cultural phatic gaps. 5. Critical phatic talk. 6. Critical Pedagogy

Biography

Gerrard Mugford is a lecturer in pragmatics, discourse analysis and sociolinguistics at la Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico. His current research interests include im/politeness, foreign-language interpersonal language use and critical pedagogy. His recent books, published by Routledge, are Addressing Difficult Situations in Foreign-Language Learning: Confusion, Impoliteness, and Hostility (2019), Developing Cross-Cultural Relational Ability in Foreign Language Learning: Asset-Based Pedagogy to Enhance Pragmatic Competence (2022) and Towards a New Pedagogy for Teaching Foreign Language Politeness: Halliday’s Model and Approaches to Politeness (Mugford, 2023, Routledge).

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