Promoting Pragmatic Competence in Teaching English as a Foreign Language - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.5 No.4, April 2018

Promoting Pragmatic Competence in Teaching English as a Foreign Language ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1104398 3,044 Downloads 8,180 Views Citations

Author(s)

Xiaoyang Shu

Affiliation(s)

Teaching Center, Zhejiang Radio & TV University, Hangzhou, China.

ABSTRACT

Pragmatic competence is an indispensable element of communicative competence. Whoever wants to communicate successfully in a foreign language wants to promote their communicative competence, as well as their pragmatic competence. This paper begins with clarifying the definition of pragmatic competence by referring to other linguists’ explanations. Then it discusses the importance of promoting language learners’ pragmatic competence in communication, and tries to explore the necessity and feasibility of teaching pragmatic competence in FL teaching process. Finally, the paper proposes some tentative approaches to promote pragmatic competence in teaching English as a foreign language.

KEYWORDS

English Teaching, Pragmatic Competence, Communicative Competence, Pragmatic Failure

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Shu, X. (2018) Promoting Pragmatic Competence in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Open Access Library Journal, 5, 1-8. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1104398.

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