论证第二语言教学和外语教学之间存在的语用能力习得的差异,以及语用能力习得与发展是当前外语教学面临的严峻挑战或瓶颈。2)阐述学术界对语言交际能力及其构建成分的解释所持有的各种看法或争议的缘由是人们对语用能力构建成分所做出的解释差异。3)论述语言运用研究需要认知理论的解释才能使其更趋完善。同样,认知科学和认知语言学理论的介入才可能构建系统全面的语用能力成分体系。4)验证语用能力认知构建对我国外语教学研究所具有的理论指导意义及启示。
彭庆华,男,教授,博士,外国语言文学硕士点导师,云南省翻译协会理事,中国语用学学会会员。1987年7月云南大学外国语学院英语专业本科毕业(文学学士),1994-1995年英国牛津大学访问学者;2001年1月华中科技大学教育科学研究院高等教育学专业硕士毕业(教育学硕士);2012年6月上海交通大学外国语学院外国语言学及应用语言学专业博士毕业(文学博士)。1999-2002年云南省大学外语研究会常务理事;1999-2003年云南省大学外语教学与考试指导委员会委员。
Contents
Foreword (1)
Chapter OneIntroduction (7)
1.1Research background (8)
1.2Objectives of the study (14)
1.3Significance of the study (17)
1.4Organization of the book (22)
Chapter TwoTheoretical Developments of Pragmatic Competence
in FL/EFL Teaching (24)
2.1The study of pragmatic competence in second or foreign
language learning (26)
2.1.1Pragmatic competence: A new and old topic (27)
2.1.2Establishment of interlanguage pragmatics: the central
concern of pragmatic competence (30)
2.1.3Pragmatic competence: the crux of second or foreign
language learning (37)
2.2The issue of pragmatic competence in second or foreign
language teaching (40)
2.2.1Insufficient interpretation of communicative competence
in FL/EFL teaching (40)
2.2.2Inadequacies of studying pragmatic competence in
interlanguage pragmatics (44)
2.3The distinction between SL/ESL and FL/EFL in light of
pragmatic competence (47)
2.3.1The necessity for drawing a distinction between SL/ESL
and FL/EFL (48)
2.3.2Distinguishing SL/ESL from FL/EFL: A paradox in
applied linguistics abroad (51)
2.3.3Observing distinctions between SL/ESL and FL/EFL
in China (61)
2.3.4Pragmatic competence highlighting the distinction (66)
2.4Pragmatic competence: A serious challenge to current
FL/EFL teaching (75)
2.4.1A discussion on the differences of the instructional
objective (75)
2.4.2Context and pragmatic acquisition in FL/EFL
teaching (79)
2.4.3Pragmatic competence as the key point in FL/EFL
teaching (86)
2.5Summary (90)
Chapter ThreeThe Need for Reconsidering the Construct
of Pragmatic Competence (92)
3.1The concept of pragmatic competence in the development
of language competence (93)
3.1.1Evolution of language competence (93)
3.1.2Emergence of pragmatic competence in the advent of
communicative competence (97)
3.2Pragmatic competence: the source of controversies about
communicative competence (103)
3.2.1The terminology used for language competence (105)
3.2.2Various models of communicative competence (107)
3.2.3Recent interpretations of second language
proficiency (114)
3.3Features reflected in various models and interpretations of
communicative competence (133)
3.3.1New perspectives (134)
3.3.2Multidimensional views (140)
3.3.3A complement to pragmatic components between
traditional models and recent interpretations of L2
language competence (147)
3.4Reconsidering the construct of pragmatic competence (149)
3.4.1A comprehensive construct of pragmatic
competence (150)
3.4.2Reconsidering the construct of pragmatic competence:
A cognitive approach (153)
Chapter FourRationales Underlying a Cognitive Approach to
the Construct of Pragmatic Competence (157)
4.1Pragmatic theories applied to the current construct of
pragmatic competence (158)
4.1.1Theoretical grounds for the concept of communicative
competence (158)
4.1.2Pragmatic theories applied to the study of second
language pragmatics (162)
4.1.3Analysis of pragmatic theories used in the construct of
pragmatic competence (164)
4.2A cognitive linguistics approach to the study of
pragmatics (167)
4.2.1The connection between pragmatics and cognitive
linguistics (168)
4.2.2The study of pragmatics from the perspective of cognitive
linguistics: An introduction to Kecskess sociocognitive
approach to pragmatics (173)
4.3The theoretical significance of SCA for the theme of this
research (180)
4.3.1The cognitive view of context conceptualization in
pragmatics (181)
4.3.2The model of the meaning value of words (188)
4.3.3Conceptual knowledge: the key point in developing L2
pragmatic competence (195)
4.4Theoretical explanation for the extended construct of
pragmatic competence (207)
4.4.1Contextualized competence (208)
4.4.2Intercultural competence (212)
4.4.3Metaphorical competence (219)
4.5Summary (225)
Chapter FiveThe Experiment (227)
5.1Research questions of the experimental test (227)
5.2Research methodology (231)
5.2.1Subjects (231)
5.2.2Methods and test design (233)
5.2.3Procedures (238)
5.2.4Results (238)
5.3Discussion (245)
5.3.1Validation of the cognitive approach (245)
5.3.2Issues of pragmatic acquisition and development (246)
5.3.3Explanatory power of the cognitive approach (248)
5.4Summary (253)
Chapter SixConclusion (255)
6.1General summary (255)
6.2Implications for foreign language education (257)
6.2.1Readdressing the implications in specifying the
goal of FL/EFL teaching (257)
6.2.2Pragmatic competence as the theoretical ground for
contentbased instruction (259)
6.2.3The use of translation in improving L2 pragmatic
competence (261)
6.2.4An implication for vocabulary acquisition in EFL
teaching (263)
6.3Limitations and directions for future studies (264)
Bibliography (267)
Appendices (288)
List of Tables and Figures
Table 3-1Components of communicative competence (109)
Table 3-2A summary of components of communicative competence/
language proficiency (143)
Table 5-1Subjects’ selfevaluation of English proficiency (233)
Table 5-2Subjects’ selfevaluation of pragmatic proficiency,
pragmatic teaching and learning (239)
Table 5-3Comparison of 4 groups’ responses of Item
14-15 (242)
Table 5-4Percentage of subjects’ correct responses in comprehension
test of pragmatic competence (243)
Table 5-5Results of the comprehension test on pragmatic competence
by Taiwanese college students (244)
Figure 3-1A comprehensive construct of pragmatic
competence (152)
Figure 3-2A summary of the traditional construct of pragmatic
competence (153)
Figure 3-3A tentative comprehensive construct of pragmatic
competence (154)