A Comparison of Turkish and English Textbooks as a Foreign Language in Terms of Pragmatic Competence Development
Abstract
Studies on foreign language teaching aiming at communication development accelarated in the 20th century when transmission became easier due to globalisation. By the time it was 1970s, the communicative approach was already at the center of foreign language teaching methods. Studies on pragmatic competence, which is one of the fundamental components of the communicative approach, got the momentum parallel to those exercises. Pragmatic competence, which is one of the important aspects of the communicative approach, was examined through textbooks that are the most widespread teaching materials around the world. Being subject to the highest number of studies in the field, EFL books were chosen for comparison with Turkish as a Foreign Language books. This research was conducted so as to determine the differences and similarities by comparing Turkish and English textbooks in terms of pragmatic competence development.
Keywords
Pragmatic competence,communicative approach,textbooks,foreign language teaching,speech acts
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