Assessing the pragmatic competence of Arab learners of English: The case of apology

This paper aims at assessing the pragmatic competence of Arab EFL learners tertiary level. The learners’ ability to use speech act apology was assessed through a specially designed discourse completion test that consisted nine items. study aimed answering following questions. (1) What strategies do participants express apology? (2) politeness in realizing this act? (3) pedagogical implications may such have? It found used 10 direct and no indirect ones. is recommended acts be accorded more systematic attention secondary levels education.