The Pragmatics of Intercultural Communicative Competence: Language Use and Intercultural Understanding in Foreign Language and Study Abroad Contexts

This book presents a pragmatic perspective on the development of intercultural communicative competence and intercultural understanding by language learners in the foreign language classroom and in study abroad contexts. Using data from role-play interactions, intercultural episodes and student reflections, including both US learners of Spanish and multilingual learners of other languages, the book examines how a focus on pragmatics and metapragmatic awareness aids the development of interc...