A PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE TO LEVERAGE ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

作者：Mestre Mestre Eva Maria; Carrio Pastor Maria Luisa

来源：Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada, 2013, 229-244.

• Pragmatic competences
• CEFR
• leveraging
• ESP

Our objectives in this paper are, first, to determine how to set the stages of second language learning taking into consideration the pragmatic considerations of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR); second, to decide whether levels of L2 proficiency functioned as an indicator of pragmatic development, and third, to propose awareness-raising activities related to pragmatic aspects of ESP. In order to apply the pragmatic considerations of the CEFR indicated to help students, we focused our analysis on specific writings produced by English students at Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. The results were highly satisfactory as students acquired information about pragmatic aspects of language. Our conclusions imply that more efforts should be made to define the pragmatic aspects to be developed in order to obtain the different levels of language proficiency and to raise pragmalinguistic awareness in the classroom. Furthermore, the CEFR should address the pragmatic implications and competences of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and, as a consequence, to be used as accurate guidelines to design language syllabuses and materials.

• 出版日期2013