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- 1. To What ExtentDo Popular ESL Textbooks Incorporate Oral Fluency and Pragmatic Development? LING 4E03 - Article Discussion Lead Julia Young November 24th 2017
- 2. Overview • Introduction: ThePurpose of Textbooks • The 3 Main Questions • The Method • Pragmatics and Fluency • Brief Discussion • The Results • Conclusion: Recommendations for Teachers
- 3. Describe your ideal textbookfor L2 learning. What does it contain? What does it look like?
- 4. What is thePurpose of a Textbook? • Lightens the load of the teacher • Offers direction • Standardizes the content • Addresses need of multiple parties (students, teachers, program directors, publishers)
- 5. LINC No Language Instruction Citizenshipand Immigration Canada, 2010
- 6. The Method • PopularLINC and ESL program textbooks • Focus on Pragmatics and Fluency • 12 textbook series (48 individual texts) • Beginner to advanced levels of proficiency • Did not include activities with a cultural focus
- 7. 3 Main Questions 1. Towhat extent are oral pragmatic activities represented in several popular student ESL textbooks? 2. To what extent are oral fluency activities represented in several popular student ESL textbooks? 3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the pragmatic and fluency activities found in several popular student ESL textbooks?
- 8. Fluency Features The studyexamined activities that would enhance the flow of speech in the following areas: • Formulaic speech • Role-plays • Repetition • Preplanning
- 9. Let’s think aboutit! Your experience? Have you noticed pragmatics/fluency in your L2 textbooks? What do you think the researchers will find? Do you think the incorporation of pragmatic/fluency activities is important?
- 10. The Results Frequency ofPragmatic Activities Appeared more than 100 times Appeared less than 20 times • Conversation Strategies • Requests • Advice • Formality • Politeness • Compliments • Thanking
- 12. The Results Frequency ofFluency Activities Fluency Activities # of Instances Formulaic Language 119 Role Play 104 Repetition 39 Preplanning 8
- 13. Recommendations for Teachers Pragmatics •Use textbooks based on corpus data • Point out contextual variables for students Fluency • Ensure students cannot read answers • Rotate students through partners and give them time for preplanning
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- 15. Reference Diepenbroek, Lori G.;Derwing, Tracey M.. To What Extent Do Popular ESL Textbooks Incorporate Oral Fluency and Pragmatic Development. TESL Canada Journal, p. 1, feb. 2014. http://teslcanadajournal.ca/index.php/tesl/article/view/ 1149