Learning and Teaching a Second Language: A Pragmatic Perspective

Learning and Teaching a Second Language: A Pragmatic Perspective provides an accessible research-based introduction to second language learning and teaching. with a particular focus on everyday language use.

Written by leading experts in the field, this book provides pragmatics-focused insights into the process of acquiring any language, as well as the complexities and challenges often experienced by learners and teachers of a second language. House and Kádár propose a systematic model to describe, interpret and overcome such difficulties, illustrated with real case studies from several second languages such as English, Chinese, Japanese, German and Hungarian. The chapters are clearly structured around practical tasks, encouraging the reader to acquire competence in the field either in a classroom or independently.

Cutting-edge and comprehensive, this is the ideal textbook for students of applied linguistics, pragmatics, intercultural communication, as well as pedagogy and communication studies. It is also an invaluable resource for practitioners and teachers seeking to develop their analytical skills and teaching competence.

Juliane House is Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Toronto, Canada, and Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Jyväskylä, Finland, and Jaume I, Castellón, Spain. She is Professor Emerita at Hamburg University, Germany; Research Professor at the ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary; and Distinguished University Professor at Hellenic American University, USA and Greece.

Dániel Z. Kádár, MAE, DLitt, DSc, FHEA, PhD, is Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea. He is Chair Professor and International Director of the Centre for International Cooperation and Disciplinary Innovation at Dalian University of Foreign Languages, China, and Changjiang Young Scholar, appointed by the Chinese Ministry of Education. He is also Research Professor at the ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary, and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maribor, Slovenia.