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van Compernolle, Rémi A.; Henery, Ashlie – Language Teaching Research, 2015
This article explores the development of pedagogical content knowledge in relation to one teacher's experience in learning to engage in a Vygotskian approach to teaching second language (L2) pragmatics known as "concept-based pragmatics instruction" (CBPI). The teacher, Mrs. Hanks, was a PhD candidate in second language acquisition at…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Pragmatics, Second Language Instruction, Concept Formation
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van Compernolle, Rémi A.; Henery, Ashlie – Language Learning, 2014
In this article, we investigate the integration of concept-based pragmatics instruction, grounded in Vygotskian sociocultural psychology, in an intact second-semester French class (n = 13) over the course of an academic term. Our focus is on learners' appropriation of the concepts of self-presentation, social distance, and power with respect…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vignettes, Language Usage, Pragmatics