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Carla Bagna, Foreword
Introduction
The pragmatic perspective: Theoretical considerations and key-concepts
(Pragmatics: tentative definitions and current sub-disciplines; Key-concepts in interlanguage and intercultural pragmatic research)
Pragmatic competence and its development
(Pragmatic competence and its development in L1 and L2; Current research on pragmatics in L2 Italian acquisition and teaching)
The "Chinese International Students" profile: between communicative needs and specificities
(Chinese international students in Italy: a brief description of the "profile"; Chinese learners of L2 Italian: research and literature about a heterogeneous "profile"; The "categorization" of the "Chinese learner" profile: between perceptual criteria and stereotypical views; Open issues in L2 Italian for Chinese international students)
"Marco Polo - Turandot" students' development of pragmatic skills in L2 Italian. Description of the research conducted
(Research-related considerations and purposes; Research articulation and adopted methodologies; Data analysis: the perceptions of the role of pragmatics in the process of acquisition of L2 Italian; Data analysis: non-participant observations and experimental activities)
A brief corpus of pragmatic activities addressed to Chinese international students of L2 Italian
(Theoretical considerations at the basis of the proposed activities; Structure of the corpus of activities)
Conclusions
Valentina Pedone, Afterword. A contribution toward recognizing the Sino-Italian component in contemporary society
Appendix
(Sample of the questionnaire on "Marco Polo - Turandot" students' perceptions of pragmatics in the acquisition of L2 Italian; Sample of the 1st experimental written pragmatic activity; Sample of the 2nd written experimental pragmatic activity; Sample of the 3rd written experimental pragmatic activity; 1st oral experimental pragmatic activity; 2nd oral experimental pragmatic activity; 3rd oral experimental pragmatic activity; 4th oral experimental pragmatic activity; 5th oral experimental pragmatic activity; 6th oral experimental pragmatic activity; 7th oral experimental pragmatic activity)
Works cited
(Websites cited).