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Kasper, Gabriele; Rose, Kenneth R. – Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies, 2002
This book examines how nonnative speakers develop pragmatic ability in a nonprimary language, focusing on acquisitional processes, conditions, and sequential patterns. Nine chapters discuss the following: (1) "Introduction to Second Language Pragmatic Development"; (2) "Theories of Second Language Pragmatic Development" (e.g., the acculturation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Educational Environment
Santos, Sheryl L.; Suleiman, Mahmoud F. – 1993
Cultural and linguistic information useful to teachers of native Arabic-speakers in English as a Second Language (ESL) and bilingual education is offered. This includes background information on geographic, political, religious, and ethnic divisions, stereotypes commonly held by Arabs about Americans and American society, common stereotypes about…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Arabic, Arabs, Bilingual Education
Newman, Christy M.; And Others – 1994
Materials for adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction are presented. They are designed to enable adult ESL learners with limited oral and/or written competence in English to handle most everyday survival, social, family, and job-related situations independently, using oral and written English. Stage 2 materials, presented here, are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Education, Audiotape Recordings, Citizenship Education