CLASSROOM TECHNIQUES FOR CONTEXTUALIZATION: HOW TO MAKE “This is a pen”. A pragmatically motivated utterance by Yoshinori Sasaki.
Dear Ms. Linares and class:
Pragmatic motivation behind a question makes effective active communication in classroom, this consists in apply techniques that have been developed to contextualize expressions like: Is that a pencil? No, it isn’t. It is a pen. So providing the situation they make pragmatic sense. Some techniques are: -Abstract arts.
Use a disguise.
Reduce available perceptual information.
Introduce a change of state.
Take advantage of cultural knowledge gaps.
These contexts can provide a realistic communication.
Thanks,
RUTH GALVEZ