English for European Communication and Tourism: Focus on Pragmatic Competence

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Research in Language Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI:10.2478/rela-2019-0016

Agata Klimczak-Pawlak

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Abstract

Abstract Pragmatic competence in L2 English is claimed here to be crucial for successful communication in a variety of communicative contexts across Europe. However, due to language background, cultural and identity differences among users of English, there is a need for reflection and data-driven examination of how the language is used in specific situations. This paper adopts a cross-cultural perspective on the study of the use of English in the European Union with focus on its role in tourism. The role of English as the language of communication in Europe is discussed, followed by a proposal as to the way in which its actual usage can be studied. The data-driven approach to pragmatic behavior is advocated as the basis for the development of pragmatic competence in learners of English with focus on those who wish to engage in tourism.

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欧洲通信与旅游英语:注重语用能力

摘要在欧洲，第二语言的语用能力对于在各种交际环境中成功进行交际至关重要。然而，由于英语使用者之间的语言背景、文化和身份差异，有必要对语言在具体情况下的使用情况进行反思和数据驱动的检查。本文采用跨文化视角研究英语在欧盟的使用，重点关注其在旅游业中的作用。讨论了英语在欧洲作为交流语言的作用，然后提出了如何研究英语的实际用法的建议。数据驱动的语用行为研究方法被认为是英语学习者语用能力发展的基础，尤其是那些希望从事旅游业的英语学习者。

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Research in Language Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： Research in Language (RiL) is an international journal committed to publishing excellent studies in the area of linguistics and related disciplines focused on human communication. Language studies, as other scholarly disciplines, undergo two seemingly counteracting processes: the process of diversification of the field into narrow specialized domains and the process of convergence, strengthened by interdisciplinarity. It is the latter perspective that RiL editors invite for the journal, whose aim is to present language in its entirety, meshing traditional modular compartments, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and offer a multidimensional perspective which exposes varied but relevant aspects of language, e.g. the cognitive, the psychological, the institutional aspect, as well as the social shaping of linguistic convention and creativity.