Publications

Publication details [#45885]

Félix-Brasdefer, J. César. 2007. Pragmatic development in the Spanish as a FL classroom: A cross-sectional study of learner requests. Intercultural Pragmatics 4 (2) : 253–286.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

face-to-face interaction | foreign language acquisition | language proficiency | pragmatic competence | request

Language as a subject

Spanish

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IPRG/html

Annotation

This paper explores American learners of Spanish as a foreign language' pragmatic development of requests from the start of foreign language instruction to advanced competence levels in face-to-face interactions.