Abstract
This paper is a progress report on work presented elsewhere (Mondahl & Svendsen 2002) on the FOCAL project (Free Oral Communication in Adult Learners), a study of how adult ESL learners acquire the knowledge and skills that help make them professional language users. The main, ultimate goal of the project is to professionalise the learners in the sense that we wish to provide them with the skills and tools necessary to function professionally in English in all aspects of their professional life. The present paper focuses on adult learners’/informants’ discourse and pragmatic competence in oral communication. As a step on the way towards this goal, the secondary aim of the project is to develop teaching methods and tools to support this development. The book Mastering Oral Communication (Mondahl & Svendsen, 2003a) is intended to serve as such a tool.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 14th European Symposium on LSP |
| Editors | Khurshid Ahmad, Margaret Rogers, Gunilla Anderman, David Cheng, Bassey Antia |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Place of Publication | Guildford |
| Publisher | University of Surrey |
| Publication date | 2004 |
| Pages | 118-123 |
| Chapter | 1.2.15 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1844690075 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Event | The 14th European Symposium on Langauge for Special Purposes (LSP 2003) : Communication, Culture, Knowledge. University of Surrey - Surrey, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Aug 2003 → 22 Aug 2003 Conference number: 14 |
Conference
| Conference | The 14th European Symposium on Langauge for Special Purposes (LSP 2003) : Communication, Culture, Knowledge. University of Surrey |
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| Number | 14 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Surrey |
| Period | 18/08/2003 → 22/08/2003 |