--- Forwarded Message from National Foreign Language Resource Center <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:14:18 -1000 (HST) >From: National Foreign Language Resource Center <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Selected Papers from Pragmatics in the CJK Classroom: The State of the Art (new online publication) >To: [log in to unmask] Our apologies for any cross-postings . . . The Center for Japanese Studies, the National Resource Center - East Asia, and the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa are pleased to announce a jointly sponsored online publication: "Selected Papers from Pragmatics in the CJK Classroom: The State of the Art" (Dina R. Yoshimi and Haidan Wang, eds.). The publication can be accessed at: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/CJKProceedings/ This publication presents research results and instructional innovations pertaining to teaching and learning the pragmatics of Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, and Korean as foreign languages. Topics covered include the development of pragmatic competence by children and college-age students in foreign and second language settings, pragmatics-focused instruction on the mixed use of speech styles in JFL and KFL classrooms, as well as the explicit instruction of requests and of telling stories of personal experience to lower level JFL learners; the use of "aizuchi" by intermediate and advanced JFL learners in classroom and office hour settings; cross-linguistic comparisons of the speech act of apology and of leave-taking practices designed to inform CFL instruction for English-speaking learners; and designing pragmatics-focused CFL instructional activities for business professionals in a China-focused MBA program. The articles in the volume include: Table of Contents Unlocking the promise of pragmatics - Dina R. Yoshimi, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Quantitative and qualitative analyses of students' views on the storytelling project - Yukie Aida, University of Texas at Austin Teaching the polite and the deferential speech levels, using media materials: Advanced KFL classroom settings - Andrew Sangpil Byon, University at Albany, State University of New York "Love you" doesn't mean "I love you": Just a way to say goodbye The nature of leave-taking and its pragmatic applications in Mandarin Chinese - Jin-huei Enya Dai, Monterey Institute of International Studies Aizuchi responses in JFL classrooms: Teacher input and learner use - Yukiko Abe Hatasa, Hiroshima University Developing understanding of how the desu/masu and plain forms express one's stance - Kazutoh Ishida, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Becoming a good conversationalist: Pragmatic development of JFL learners - Tomoko Iwai, University of Hawai'i at Manoa The development of pragmatic competence in children learning Japanese as a second language - Kimberly Jones, University of Arizona What do JFL learners want to do in Japanese in Japan?: A case study of learners in college-level study abroad programs - Naoko Nemoto, Mount Holyoke College JFL learners' pragmatic development and classroom interaction examined from a language socialization perspective - Yumiko Tateyama, University of Hawai'i at Manoa The elements of the business Chinese curriculum: A pragmatic approach - Haidan Wang, University of Hawai'i at Manoa Production and perception of apologies: Interlanguage pragmatics of British learners of Mandarin Chinese - Catherine Hua Xiang, University of Bristol ************************************************************************* N National Foreign Language Resource Center F University of Hawai'i L 1859 East-West Road, #106 R Honolulu HI 96822 C voice: (808) 956-9424, fax: (808) 956-5983 email: [log in to unmask] VISIT OUR WEBSITE! http://nflrc.hawaii.edu ************************************************************************* *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************