Pragmatics "Friends"
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TESOL Culture and
Pragmatics
Week 13
Lecturer: Glenda Little
“Friends”
• As you watch the episode of “Friends” the
first time, please take note of any cultural
aspects that are presented in the episode.
• You will be discussing what you noticed in
groups after you watch, so please make
sure to take notes.
Group Discussion Questions
• What cultural aspects that are presented
in this episode of Friends?
• How would Koreans of the same age behave in
these situations?
• What do you think causes these probable
difference in behaviour and ways of thinking
between the characters in the TV show and
Korean people? (Where do these differences
come from? Dimensions of culture, value
types, cultural communication patterns, etc)
• Are there any situations in this episode that
would likely NOT occur in Korea? Why?
• Are there any examples where the culture in the
TV show and Korean culture are quite similar?
Conversation Analysis
• While you watch the following portions of
the same “Friends” episode, please take
note of the different Gricean Maxims that
are being used and which are being
broken.
Gricean Maxims
• Please make a similar chart as below and make
note of which maxims the characters follow (⇃)
or break (X).
Truthfulness Clarity
Chandler
Joey
Ross
Rachel
Monica
Phoebe
Quantity
Relevance
Conversational Implicature
• As you watch the following portions of the
same “Friends” episode again, please
take note of when the characters use
conversational implicature.
• What is said?
• What is meant?
Final Project
When?
Week 15 & 16
(Note: we will decide on when each group will
present at the end of this class)
What?
20-25 minute group presentation based on an
analysis of a TV show (5-6 minutes from
ONE episode) in regards to the cultural
issues and pragmatics presented in the
segment(s).
• Analyze and present a section of Friends
(or other English TV show of your choice)
• This should only be only 5-6 minutes long:
– ONE 5-6 minute segment
– TWO 3 minute segments
– THREE 2 minute segments
Analysis
•
Your analysis should be based on TWO
factors:
1. Culture
2. Pragmatics
Culture
• What cultural issues are present in the
segment(s)?
• How do the Friends characters behave and
respond to the situation(s)?
• Would this situation(s) exist in Korean culture?
• How would Koreans of a similar age behave in
the same situation(s)?
• Are there any examples where the Friends
culture and Korean culture are similar?
Pragmatics
• Analyze the language used in the segment and
focus on the language in use (pragmatics).
• Areas to explore are examples of:
• Ellipses
• hedging
• Goffman’s Communication Theory (8 universal
constraints)
• conversational implicature
• Grice’s 4 Conversation Maxims Do the
characters follow them? Do they break them?
Homework
Please read the article:
Culture in Second Language Teaching
Please answer the following questions:
1. Why is it important to culture in language
teaching?
2. Which instructional strategy do you like
best? Why?