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Date Posted: 09:54:03 09/18/07 Tue
Author: Mabel
Subject: Re: TEXT 9 - Pragmatics in DA (Celce-Murcia & Olshtain)
In reply to: Monique Magalhães 's message, "Re: TEXT 9 - Pragmatics in DA (Celce-Murcia & Olshtain)" on 20:13:26 09/17/07 Mon

Hello Everyone,

I guess it is very important when teaching another language (not only English), to consider pragmatics. It is much easier to learn another language if you know a bit about the culture and you can visualize, if not live the context. When I went to Japan for the first time I could feel this cultural pragmatics very clear. At first I considered Japanese people rude, until I understand that certain behavior was part of their culture. It is very interesting and I think it makes all the difference.

Mabel

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