American International Journal of Social Science

Teaching Pragmatic: Preparing Teaching Materials
Crystal Zheng

Abstract
As all we know, pragmatics can indeed be taught in the classroom since the extensively discussed results of previous studies from Kasper (1997) and Rose and Kasper (2001). Meanwhile, in Kasper words, ‘Successful communication is a matter of optimal rather than total convergence’. In order to achieve optimal convergence for learners, it is important to prepare teaching materials from language structure centered to pragmatic centered. This sharing shows how to prepare pragmatic effective teaching materials to 14 English CSL (Cantonese as a Second Language) learners in a Refresher Cantonese Course and meet learners’ demonstrated needs.

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