Book contents
- Speech Acts in English
- Studies in English Language
- Speech Acts in English
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What Contemporary Research Tells Us about Speech Acts
- 3 Critical Assessment of the Representation of Speech Acts in Advanced EFL Textbooks
- 4 A Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar of Directive Speech Acts I: Know-What and Know-How of Directives
- 5 A Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar of Directive Speech Acts II: Activities and Practice Materials
- 6 Conclusions
- References
- Index
3 - Critical Assessment of the Representation of Speech Acts in Advanced EFL Textbooks
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2020
- Speech Acts in English
- Studies in English Language
- Speech Acts in English
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What Contemporary Research Tells Us about Speech Acts
- 3 Critical Assessment of the Representation of Speech Acts in Advanced EFL Textbooks
- 4 A Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar of Directive Speech Acts I: Know-What and Know-How of Directives
- 5 A Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar of Directive Speech Acts II: Activities and Practice Materials
- 6 Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 3 reports the results of a study which looks into a collection of ten textbooks for advanced EFL students in order to assess their treatment of directive speech acts. This chapter considers aspects related to (1) the quantitative representation of directive speech acts in the textbooks (i.e. determining if there is a balanced portrayal of the most frequent categories of directive speech acts), and (2) the qualitative treatment of directive speech acts (i.e. assessing if the depiction of directive speech acts in EFL textbooks has incorporated the main research advancements described in ). In particular, this chapter offers an account of the treatment of constructional, conversational, and contrastive aspects of directive speech acts in EFL textbooks for advanced EFL Spanish students.
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- Speech Acts in EnglishFrom Research to Instruction and Textbook Development, pp. 69 - 87Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020