Teaching Prosody with a Pragmatic Orientation: A Synthesis

Abstract

The chapters of the present volume have shed light on the multifaceted aspects of English prosody and the transmission of meaning in context in language teaching. If the analysis of prosody and pragmatics in isolation already poses a good amount of theoretical and practical problems for linguists, their factual liaison for English language teaching demands deeper reflections on how the language class can be an optimal laboratory, i.e., an autonomous place with controlled practice, which resembles and fosters the use of language in real contexts. The aim of the volume is to describe the creation of meaning through the conjunction of the linguistic and extra-linguistic, such as gaze, body posture, etc. The objective of this chapter is to suggest strategies that teachers might find useful for their daily practice.