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1. Teaching Pragmatics

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   Teaching Pragmatics explores the teaching of pragmatics through lessons and activities.

2. Spot the Problem!

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text

   This lesson aims to discuss and raise students’ awareness of pragmatic violations.

3. Martin Luther King Day

   In: Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Format(s): Text

   Martin Luther King Day honors the life and legacy of one of the visionary leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and recipient of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Peace.

4. Veterans Day

   In: Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Format(s): Text

   On this holiday, Americans remember war veterans and the trials and hardships they experienced.

5. Halloween

   In: Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. Format(s): Text

   Halloween orginated, in part, as a celebration connected with evil spirits and the dead.

6. Hello, I must be going!

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This lesson aims for students to become more fluent in using and understanding basic greetings and leave-takings in brief "small talk" encounters.

7. How Are You, Auntie Elizabeth?

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This lesson aims for students to discuss pragmatic differences between their mother tongues and English, with special attention to openings and closings.

8. Softening Short Requests

   In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

   This lesson aims to introduce students to a range of different ways in which native speakers soften their requests and to develop their awareness of how these are used by different speakers and in different situations within the speech community.

9. VOA Podcast: Springtime in D.C.

   In: VOA Podcasts: Shows in Special English Format(s): MP3, Text

   Listen to a podcast about Springtime in Washington, D.C. Listen online or download the podcast.

10. Poetry

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    Students from all over the world participated in National Poetry Month by writing poems. We received hundreds of poems and want to share them with you. Have you written a poem in English that you’d like to send to us? Email it to us at oelpamenglish@gmail.com

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