Teaching pragmatics to L2 learners for the workplace: The job interview

Canadian Modern Language Review

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 739-758

  Louw, Kerry J ^a   Derwing, Tracey M ^a   Abbott, Marilyn L ^a  

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Author keywords

adult ESL; ALS pour adultes; communication interculturelle; inter cultural communication; pragmatics; pragmatique; travail; workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956318636     PISSN: 00084506     EISSN: 17101131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cmlr.66.5.739     Document Type: Article

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