This article presents an investigation about the pragmatic development
in Spanish as second language (SSL) at oral and written level, and about the
pragmatic consciousness in the interlanguage of Haitians immigrants in Chile. The
importance of the sociopragmatic level to be immersed in the welcome community
was considered to do this investigation, in which we analyzed the answers that
Haitians -from the initial and basic level of SSL- gave to written and oral play
roles for requests, and also to questionnaires for judging the adequacy of some
statements in different situations. In order to determine a pragmatic development,
this investigation was achieved in two phases, whose comparison showed that while
it is appreciated some evolution in the initial level, there are still some important
issues to teach after finishing SSL classes, which tend specially to better positioning
Haitians immigrants in the local society
Keywords:
Spanish as second language, immigrants, request, interlanguage, pragmatic development
Toledo Vega, G. (2016). Pragmatic development in inmigrant`s interlanguage: the case of Haitians who study Spanish as a second language in Chile. Lenguas Modernas, (46), Pág. 81 – 103. Retrieved from https://lenguasmodernas.uchile.cl/index.php/LM/article/view/43397
