​Web Resources for Teaching Pragmatics:
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A List of Links to English as a Second Language Pragmatics Teaching Resources
Compiled by Candice Quiñones-Marshall for 2013 International TESOL Convention & Expo Electronic Village Presentation
(Updated 2016 for TESOL Convention & Expo Electronic Village Classics Presentation)
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Speech Act Descriptions on the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition website.
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URL - http://www.carla.umn.edu/speechacts/descriptions.html​
​A technical description of pragmatics and speech acts for teachers.
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URL - [removed]
​A government website for teachers and learners of American English. They have searchable materials for many areas, including Pragmatics.
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A list of links to resources for teaching social skills and pragmatics to younger learners.
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URL - http://www.speakingofspeech.com/Social_Skills_Pragmatics.html
​A collection of audio and video clips (with scripts) of real interactions. Quite helpful for examining pragmatic acts.
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URL - http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/duranti/audvis/
​A great source of ideas for conversational roleplay ideas which are great for assessing student's skills. Very simple page, but the ideas are useful.
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URL - http://www.waze.net/oea
​This is a source of television show and movie scripts which can be used to analyze language used for specific pragmatic acts and also can be used for roleplay to work on proper tone, body language, volume, etc.
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​Similar to the previous link, this website is also a source of television show scripts, but offers a different selection to choose from.
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This website provides downloadable full length of popular movies. These may be useful for students to practice hearing the importance of delivery in terms of pausing, tone, volume, as well as provide examples of speech acts.​
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This provides a range of free materials related to social skills for a range of age groups (elementary through high school).