Symposium on Integrating Pragmatics into Asian Language Instruction

This two-day symposium aims to bridge the gap between East Asian (EA) Southeast Asian (SEA) language educators and linguists specializing in pragmatics within Asian languages. The event will highlight the significance of pragmatics research for EA and SEA language teaching, making this research accessible to language teachers. Participants will receive training in contextual analysis of real-life texts and speech from various social settings, along with practical tools to apply pragmatics to enhance language teaching and classroom interactions. By attending, EA and SEA language instructors will gain valuable insights into pragmatics and discover practical applications for their teaching practices.

PROGRAM/SCHEDULE 

OCTOBER 25, 2024 

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8:30am – 9am: Registration

9am – 9:15am: Opening Remarks

• Juliana Wijaya, UCLA Asian Languages and Cultures; CSEAS Indonesian Studies Program Coordinator
• Stephen Acabado, Director of UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies

9:15am – 11am: Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) Pragmatics Roundtable

Chair: Michiko Kaneyasu (UCLA)

• Chinese: Hongyin Tao (UCLA) - "Two Models of Integrating Spoken Authentic Materials in Teaching L2 Interactional Competence"
• Japanese: Junko Mori (University of Wisconsin-Madison) - "Language Learning in and out of the Classroom: Identifying 'Teachables' and 'Learnables'"
• Korean: Mary Kim (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa) - "Teaching and Learning the Science of Talk: Sequence Organization

11am – 11:15am: Coffee Break

11:15am – 12:45pm SEA Pragmatics Presentations I

Chair: Nenita Domingo (UCLA)

• Filipino: Naonori Nagaya (University of Tokyo) - "Beyond Questions: Non-interrogative Uses of ano 'what' in Tagalog"
• Indonesian: Dwi Noverini Djenar (The University of Sydney) - "Referring to the Self and the Addressee in Imagined Contexts: Examples from Indonesian"

12:45pm – 1:45pm: Lunch

1:45pm – 3:15pm SEA Pragmatics Presentations II

Chair: Thu Ba Nguyen Hoai (UCLA)

• Thai: Yingyot Kanchina (Mahidol University); Shoichi Iwasaki (UCLA) - "Laughter and Affective Common Ground: How to Get Acquainted with a Stranger in COVID-19 Conversations in Thai"
• Vietnamese: Mayumi Adachi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) - "Vietnamese Utterance-final Particles as Common Ground Management Devices: The case of đấy, cơ, and ý"

OCTOBER 26, 2024

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8:30am – 9am: Registration

Co-presentations on linking pragmatics with SEA language instruction, with CJK linguists serving as discussants.

9am – 10:15am: Connecting Pragmatics to Vietnamese Language Teaching

• Vietnamese Pragmatics: Mayumi Adachi (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
• Vietnamese Language Teaching: Hoa Le (Harvard University)
• Discussant: Hongyin Tao (UCLA)

10:15am – 10:30am: Coffee Break

10:30am – 11:45am: Connecting Pragmatics to Thai Language Teaching

• Thai Pragmatics: Yingyot Kanchina (Mahidol University)
• Thai Language Teaching: Jenjit Gasigitamrong (UCLA)
• Discussant: Shoichi Iwasaki (UCLA)

11:45am – 1pm: Lunch

1pm – 2:15pm: Connecting Pragmatics to Indonesian Language Teaching

• Indonesian Pragmatics: Dwi Noverini Djenar (University of Sydney)
• Indonesian Language Teaching: Juliana Wijaya (UCLA)
• Discussant: Mary Kim (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)

2:15pm – 3:30pm: Connecting Pragmatics to Filipino Language Teaching

• Filipino Pragmatics: Naonori Nagaya (University of Tokyo)
• Filipino Language Teaching: Jayson Parba (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)
• Discussant: Junko Mori (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

3:30pm – 4:15pm: Open Discussion

A forum for CJK linguists, SEA language teachers, and symposium participants to engage in dialogue about applying pragmatics to SEA language teaching

4:15pm – 4:30pm: Closing Remarks

• Shoichi Iwasaki, UCLA Asian Languages and Cultures

Sponsor(s): Asia Pacific Center, National Heritage Language Resource Center, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA Library