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Acquiring Pragmatic and Intercultural Communicative Competences in the Digital Era

A Telecollaboration Study

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Acquiring Pragmatic and Intercultural Communicative Competences in the Digital Era

A Telecollaboration Study

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This book explores second language pragmatic development and intercultural communicative competence acquisition through telecollaboration. It shows how telecollaborative environments are appropriate for the development of these two competences and how they are inextricably interrelated.

Acquiring Pragmatic and Intercultural Communicative Competences in the Digital Era draws a comparison between the effects of telecollaboration projects and traditional face-to-face instruction within the foreign language classroom for developing pragmatic competence and intercultural communicative competence. Analysis is based on research into how undergraduate Spanish learners of English engage in telecollaboration projects with first language or highly proficient speakers of English and in traditional face-to-face instruction with their Spanish partners. Using synchronous (Zoom) and asynchronous (MeWe) digital tools, the book explores the beneficial role of telecollaboration projects in second and foreign language settings, offering researchers and teachers an example of how to implement this kind of project in their language teaching practices.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Pragmatics In Foreign Language Learning
3. The Speech Act Of Apologies
4. Intercultural Communicative Competence
5. The Relationship Between Pragmatic Competence And Intercultural Communicative Competence
6. Computer-Assisted Language Learning
7. Role-Plays As A Data Collection Method In Interlanguage Pragmatics
8. How The Study Was Conducted
9. Lessons Learnt From The Telecollaboration Project
10. Conclusions, Limitations, And Future Directions
Appendices
References
Index

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 11 Dec 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 224
ISBN 9781350454361
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 20 bw illus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Sofia Di Sarno García

Sofia Di Sarno García is a researcher at the Unive…

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