Contents

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Taking pragmatics to the L2 Spanish classroom

Domnita Dumitrescu and Patricia Lorena Andueza

PART I
L2 Spanish pragmatics research

1 The pragmatics toolbox

Victoria Escandell-Vidal

2 Learning L2 Spanish pragmatics: What research says, what textbooks offer, what teachers must do

Montserrat Mir

3 Pragmatics in L2 Spanish textbooks: Perspectives from Spain

Carlos De Pablos-Ortega

4 When to speak Spanish and when not to: Interethnic communication and US students of L2 Spanish

Laura Callahan

5 Nonverbal communication in L2 Spanish teaching

Ana M. Cestero Mancera

6 Teaching L2 Spanish discourse markers and pragmatic markers

Catalina Fuentes-Rodríguez

PART II
L2 Spanish pragmatics instruction

7 Teaching sociopragmatics: Face-work, politeness and impoliteness in L2 Spanish colloquial conversations

María Bernal

8 Developing L2 Spanish discursive-pragmatic ability in a persuasive genre at an intermediate level

Cecilia Sessarego

9 The pragmatics of irony in the L2 Spanish classroom

M. Belén Alvarado Ortega

10 Teaching with and about humor in the L2 Spanish classroom

Susana de los Heros

11 L2 Spanish pragmatics instruction at the novice level: Creating meaningful contexts for the acquisition of grammatical forms

Lynn Pearson

12 Web-based pragmatics resources: Techniques and strategies for teaching L2 Spanish pragmatics to English speakers

Victoria Russell

Glossary

Index