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Join us this week as we continue our series about learning pragmatics, or the verbal and nonverbal ways in which people communicate meaning, both interpersonally and interculturally. Through this series we will look at how to use Observe, Analyze and Extend strategies to understand a pragmatic speech act, and address what one can learn from pragmatic mistakes or misunderstandings.

This week we look at extending a speech act, which involves figuring out what to do in a given context, based on the information one has previously observed and analyzed.

Thank you to CASLS Graduate Intern, Ailsa Li, for her role in creating the Activity of the Week!

There are a few ways to get connected with us this week:

• Join our InterCom Live! session. We connect on Facebook every Monday at 11:00 am Pacific. To join us, open CASLS's Facebook page at the designated time. Can't make it? The InterCom Live! events are always recorded, and you can find them on our Facebook page.
• Check out the Video and Activity of the Week! This activity guides learners through the Extend strategy with formal and informal greetings, having them use what they already know to make choices about which greeting to use.
• Check out this resource respository from CARLA (the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition) for more information about specific speech acts (eg. greetings, apologies, requests, etc.) and resources for teaching them.

Happy exploring! We are excited to continue engaging with you this week.