Analysis of Teachability of Pragmatics in Communicative English Skills Textbooks used in Adama Science and Technology University
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the teachability of pragmatics in communicative English skills Textbook used in Adama Science and Technology University. Studies have been done to investigate the relationship between language education and pragmatic development and showed as pragmatics can be taught. Concerning the Teachability of pragmatics in the communicative English skills textbook used at ASTU, it is possible to say that pragmatics is teachable however; the overall content and application of pragmatic information and the authentic conversations or real life exercises that have been used in the textbook is insignificant. Furthermore, it is possible to see that the instructions given to teach or aware learners‟ this pragmatic competence has not been given due attention. Research into the sufficiency of textbooks to teach communicative practices that are reflective of authentic conversation has found that ELT textbooks rarely include adequate or comprehensible explanation of how conversation works in English. The speech acts according to the analysis made in the textbooks are, for the most part, pragmatically inadequate since they are not prepared by taking in to consideration the learners‟ backgrounds and their communicative and pragmatic competence. Similarly, the finding of the study regarding teachability of pragmatics in the communicative English textbook used by ASTU shows that there is limitations that should be solved. This is mainly due to lack of awareness both from the learners side and the teachers in giving awareness.
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Diriba Eticha Tujuba And Manjula L. Davidson
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