Concept-Based Instruction for Teaching and Learning L2 (Im)politeness

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Abstract

This chapter reports on the design and implementation of a concept-based instruction (CBI) intervention for teaching the concept of (im)politeness to Danish university students learning Spanish as L2. Situated within the Vygotskian framework of sociocultural theory (SCT), this chapter analyzes one student’s emergent understandings of the concept of (im)politeness as a situated phenomenon and provides insights into how this concept mediates the student’s thinking in the process of understanding the social and cultural norms that underlie verbal interaction. The student’s reflections show how the concept of (im)politeness is used to shape her understanding of communicative interaction related to the content of face in Spanish social relations and to her own social identity as an L2 speaker.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTeaching and Learning Second Language Pragmatics for Intercultural Understanding
EditorsTroy McConachy, Anthony J. Liddicoat
Number of pages25
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date2021
Chapter6
ISBN (Print)9781003094128
ISBN (Electronic)9781003094128
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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