Re: comments on Renata's comments -- Cross-cultural Pragmatics

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Date Posted: 19:22:12 09/27/09 Sun
Author: Vagno, Helen, Milene and Luciana
Subject: Re: comments on Renata's comments
In reply to: Carol Duarte 's message, "Re: comments on Renata's comments" on 19:04:18 09/27/09 Sun

We’ve been discussing the text and we now have some other points to make.
We came to the conclusion that studies related to how language is influenced by power (and also how power determines language) are very necessary for us as teachers of a second language.
Research related to cross-cultural pragmatics are important because they consider the point of view of people who do not belong to the dominant countries. They do not analyse the problems in miscommunication just by one side – they analyse them by both sides.
And how does this theory translate to our context (of English teachers in Brazil)? In our opinion teachers should be aware of the fact that they are helping to spread power of the dominant countries which have English as their native language. And we need to be critical about that – why do we always need to follow the rules of social interaction of those countries? Aren’t there more people speaking English as a foreign language than as a native language? So, why can’t these non-native speakers also have a voice and have their norms for social interation considered and respected?
As our classmates pointed out in their ppt presentation, cross-cultural communication ought to start in our own communities. Differences exist and we know we cannot analyse people, their behavior and the language they use to express their thoughts in an unilateral way. What they think and say should be reflected upon.

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Re: comments on Renata's comments -- Danúbia, 07:55:25 09/29/09 Tue
- comments on Vagno -- Renata Ferreira, 15:16:32 10/08/09 Thu
  - Re: comments on Vagno -- Milene, Vagno, Helen and Luciana, 16:49:06 10/08/09 Thu