Browsing School of Language and Culture by Author "Denny, H"

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Making the implicit explicit: pragmatics in the classroom

Denny, H; Sachtleben, A (AUT University, 2010)

Successful communication in a second language requires knowledge of its socio-pragmatic norms (Eslami-Rasekh, 2005), and explicit instruction can be of value to second language learners (Kasper & Roever, 2004). Various ...
Teachers' perceptions of the value and their practices in teaching pragmatics including the use of authentic texts

Denny, H; Basturkmen, H (AUT University, 2009)

Research shows that even learners with advanced levels of grammatical competence may still experience pragmatic difficulties (Bardovi-Harlig & Dornyei, 1998) and that some form of explicit instruction is helpful for ...
Teaching conversation and negotiation skills using teacher-made, semiscripted conversation models (New Zealand)

Denny, H (TESOL, 2008)

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Teaching the socio-cultural norms of conversation and negotiation to lower level migrants and refugees

Healy, J; Healy, J; Macdonald, F; Denny, H (AUT University, 2011)

Teaching the socio-cultural norms of spoken communication to second language learners, especially refugees and migrants, is important (Yates, 2008). However there is little research into the effectiveness of classroom ...