Pragmatic Failure in Intercultural Communication and English Teaching in Senior Middle School 英语专业毕业论文.doc

Pragmatic Failure in Intercultural Communication and English Teaching in Senior Middle School Contents Abstract(English) i Abstract(Chinese) ii 1. Introduction 1 2. Pragmatic Failure 2 2.1 The definition of pragmatic failure 2 2.2 The types of pragmatic failure 2 2.2.1 Pragmalinguistic failure 2 2.2.2 Sociolinguistic failure 2 3 .Literature review in foreign countries and our country 3 3.1 Literature review in foreign countries 3 3.2 Literature review in our country 3 4. Pragmatic failure committed by senior middle school students 4 4.1 Pragmalinguistic failure 4 4.1.1 Inappropriate transfer of expressions 4 4.1.2 Inappropriate transfer of speech act strategies 5 4.1.3 Inappropriate use of target language expressions 6 4.2 Sociolinguistic failure 7 4.2.1 Cultural and value judgements 7 4.2.4 Pragmatic failure due to social factors 9 5. Potential Sources of Pragmatic Failure 10 5.1 Cultural differences 10 5.2 Pragmatic transfer 11 5.3 Lack of pragmatic knowledge 12 6. Recommendations on Developing Pragmatic Competence 13 6.1 Raising Chinese learners’ cultural awareness 13 6.2 Instruction in pragmatic knowledge 13 6.3 Creating an interactive learning environment 14 7. Conclusion 15 References 16 Abstract This paper analyzes the phenomena of pragmatic failure committed by senior middle school students in their daily conversations in intercultural communication, and discusses the nature and causes of pragmatic failure in intercultural communication situations. After gaining a better understanding of the phenomena, recommendations are made on how to raise the pragmatic awareness, and develop the pragmatic ability of senior middle school students of English in the EFL (English foreign language ) classroom so as to increase their intercultural communicative competence in English. Keywords: Pragmalinguistic failure, sociopragmatic failure, intercultural communication, pragmatic competence, English teaching 摘 要 这篇文章分析中学学生在日常交流中常犯的跨文化交际语用失误的现象，并且讨论在跨文化交际中语用失误的本质和原因。在了解了