Pragmatik im Fremdsprachenunterricht [Pragmatics in foreign language teaching]

Pragmatic competence has long been recognized as an important component of communicative competence. How can foreign language instruction help students to develop pragmatic ability in a second or foreign language? In this video, Gabriele Kasper reviews the research literature on this topic and reports on a study that examined explicit and implicit approaches to teaching pragmatic routines. IN GERMAN