Book contents
- Speech Acts in English
- Studies in English Language
- Speech Acts in English
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What Contemporary Research Tells Us about Speech Acts
- 3 Critical Assessment of the Representation of Speech Acts in Advanced EFL Textbooks
- 4 A Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar of Directive Speech Acts I: Know-What and Know-How of Directives
- 5 A Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar of Directive Speech Acts II: Activities and Practice Materials
- 6 Conclusions
- References
- Index
6 - Conclusions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2020
- Speech Acts in English
- Studies in English Language
- Speech Acts in English
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What Contemporary Research Tells Us about Speech Acts
- 3 Critical Assessment of the Representation of Speech Acts in Advanced EFL Textbooks
- 4 A Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar of Directive Speech Acts I: Know-What and Know-How of Directives
- 5 A Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar of Directive Speech Acts II: Activities and Practice Materials
- 6 Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
The final chapter summarises the main contributions made in each of the chapters of this book, connects them to current trends, and specifies the needs for future research. Among the latter, it is suggested that the findings of the present investigation could be extended to the analysis of non-directive speech acts (e.g. commissive, expressive, representative, etc.). Additionally, it is argued that empirical validation from other disciplines and from experimental analyses, both in the fields of psycholinguistics and foreign language learning/teaching, will also be needed to lend a stronger support to the claims presented in this book.
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- Speech Acts in EnglishFrom Research to Instruction and Textbook Development, pp. 218 - 228Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020