1.The pragmatics of thanking reflected in the textbooks for teaching Spanish as a foreign language.pdf

The aim of this paper is to present a classification for the speech act of thanking as reflected in the textbooks for teaching and learning Spanish as a foreign language and to ascertain the formulaic sequences used when expressing gratitude (i.e. from a pragmalinguistic viewpoint) in the Spanish language.

2.Using film to provide a context for teaching L2 pragmatics.pdf

This qualitative study examines the pragmatic tools that first-year learners of German from two intact classes have at their disposal at the beginning and at the end of an eight-week period. The control (n ¼ 15) and treatment groups (n ¼ 22) watched a feature film, The Edukators, as part of the study.