Learning to communicate in a globalized world: To what extent do school textbooks facilitate the development of intercultural pragmatic competence?

RELC Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-30

  Minh, Thi Thuy Nguyen ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

EFL learners; English as a Global Language; intercultural communication; Pragmatic competence; speech acts; textbook evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952273272     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033688210390265     Document Type: Article

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