Non-Native Speakers' Performance of Apology and Compliments: What Can They Learn from EFL Textbooks?.

Park, Kyung-Ja; Chang, Bok-Myung; Lee, Jae-Keun; Ko, In-Sung

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ERIC Number: EJ619900

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Publication Date: 2000

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Non-Native Speakers' Performance of Apology and Compliments: What Can They Learn from EFL Textbooks?.

Park, Kyung-Ja; Chang, Bok-Myung; Lee, Jae-Keun; Ko, In-Sung

Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, v4 n1 p217-30 2000

Discusses how English-as-a-foreign-language textbooks published according to the Korean Ministry of Education standards incorporate speech act behaviors of apology and compliments for Korean middle school learners of English and suggests what can be done to better equip students with pragmatic competence by analyzing 24 textbooks.(Author/VWL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Middle Schools, National Curriculum, Pragmatics, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Speech Acts, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Korea

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