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In:Task-Based Approaches to Teaching and Assessing Pragmatics
Edited by Naoko Taguchi and YouJin Kim
[Task-Based Language Teaching 10] 2018
► pp. 1–24

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Chapter 1
Task-based approaches to teaching and assessing pragmatics

An overview

 | Carnegie Mellon University
 | Georgia State University
Published online: 15 August 2018
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Article outline
  • Characteristics of tasks in TBLT
  • Instructional activities in L2 pragmatics
  • Coding and analysis of instructional features
  • Trends of instructional features in L2 pragmatics
  • Tasks in TBLT and pragmatics teaching: What each field can offer
  • Chapters in this book
  • References
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