An evaluation of the pragmatics in the "Cutting Edge" intermediate textbooks
Regardless of the prodigious impacts of today’s technologies and the substantial influence of language learning through the mediation of computers the world over, coursebooks undeniably have an important role in ESL settings. Accordingly, regular evaluation of textbooks’ materials is a vital task...
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| author | Farashaiyan, Atieh Tan, Kim Hua Shahragard, Rahman |
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| description | Regardless of the prodigious impacts of today’s technologies and the substantial influence of language
learning through the mediation of computers the world over, coursebooks undeniably have an important
role in ESL settings. Accordingly, regular evaluation of textbooks’ materials is a vital task for experts in
the field. The evaluation not only can contribute to the learning and teaching process, it also warrants its
suitability for the contextual and individual usage. Evaluation is regarded as an inherent section of the
teaching and learning procedures. As such, the current study intends to evaluate the pragmatic content of
Cutting-Edge intermediate text books (Sarah & Peter 2007), which are currently used in most ESL
language colleges. Specifically, it analyzes the conversation sections of all Cutting-Edge intermediate
books based on the two pragmatic variables: language functions and speech acts. , The study also
investigates the provision of sufficient data with regard to context and meta-pragmatics included in these
textbooks. The pragmatic taxonomies, Halliday’s (1978) and Searle’s (1976) models were employed in
data analysis. The findings illustrated that pragmatic materials were not sufficient to develop learners’
second language pragmatic features. Furthermore, the conversation parts were not efficient and
functional from the pragmatic point of view. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:158922020-12-01T04:06:30Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15892/ An evaluation of the pragmatics in the "Cutting Edge" intermediate textbooks Farashaiyan, Atieh Tan, Kim Hua Shahragard, Rahman Regardless of the prodigious impacts of today’s technologies and the substantial influence of language learning through the mediation of computers the world over, coursebooks undeniably have an important role in ESL settings. Accordingly, regular evaluation of textbooks’ materials is a vital task for experts in the field. The evaluation not only can contribute to the learning and teaching process, it also warrants its suitability for the contextual and individual usage. Evaluation is regarded as an inherent section of the teaching and learning procedures. As such, the current study intends to evaluate the pragmatic content of Cutting-Edge intermediate text books (Sarah & Peter 2007), which are currently used in most ESL language colleges. Specifically, it analyzes the conversation sections of all Cutting-Edge intermediate books based on the two pragmatic variables: language functions and speech acts. , The study also investigates the provision of sufficient data with regard to context and meta-pragmatics included in these textbooks. The pragmatic taxonomies, Halliday’s (1978) and Searle’s (1976) models were employed in data analysis. The findings illustrated that pragmatic materials were not sufficient to develop learners’ second language pragmatic features. Furthermore, the conversation parts were not efficient and functional from the pragmatic point of view. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15892/1/29251-91409-1-PB.pdf Farashaiyan, Atieh and Tan, Kim Hua and Shahragard, Rahman (2018) An evaluation of the pragmatics in the "Cutting Edge" intermediate textbooks. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 24 (4). pp. 158-170. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1152 |
| spellingShingle | Farashaiyan, Atieh Tan, Kim Hua Shahragard, Rahman An evaluation of the pragmatics in the "Cutting Edge" intermediate textbooks |
| title | An evaluation of the pragmatics in the "Cutting Edge" intermediate textbooks |
| title_full | An evaluation of the pragmatics in the "Cutting Edge" intermediate textbooks |
| title_fullStr | An evaluation of the pragmatics in the "Cutting Edge" intermediate textbooks |
| title_full_unstemmed | An evaluation of the pragmatics in the "Cutting Edge" intermediate textbooks |
| title_short | An evaluation of the pragmatics in the "Cutting Edge" intermediate textbooks |
| title_sort | evaluation of the pragmatics in the "cutting edge" intermediate textbooks |
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