Findings from a study that investigated students' reactions to the content of a hypermedia program indicated that pragmatic awareness can be developed in virtual culture contact situations. Students used Hymes' SPEAKING heuristic to analyze real-life interactions. Data showed that they noticed gestured and spoken pragmatic behaviors as well as contextual clues. The findings indicated that similar interactive software in combination with ethnographic activities may be more effective in culture teaching and learning.
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