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Principles for Pragmatics Teaching: "Apologies" in the EFL Classroom
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Limberg, Holger – ELT Journal, 2015
Intercultural Communicative Competence is a paramount goal of modern foreign language teaching. It is the ability to communicate in culturally sensitive and contextually appropriate ways with speakers from other cultures. Being able to apologize is one component of this competence. Uttering apologies allows learners to rectify breaches of social…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction