THE ROLE OF PRAGMATICS IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES FOR THAI LEARNERS

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สรรพร ศิริขันธ์

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This article aims at introducing fundamental concepts of pragmatics related to speech acts, cooperative principle, and linguistic politeness in teaching English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) for Thai learners, and suggesting factors that the teacher needs to consider in presentation of contents on pragmatics. The contents of this article are based on pragmatics concepts and studies related to English for Occupational Purposes, with the exclusion of contrastive or cross-cultural aspects of pragmatics.

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ศิริขันธ์ ส. (2018). THE ROLE OF PRAGMATICS IN TEACHING ENGLISH FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES FOR THAI LEARNERS. Sripatum Review of Humanities and Social Sciences, 13(2), 83–93. Retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/spurhs/article/view/116758
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