RETRACTED ARTICLE: Pragmatic competence: an imperative competency for a safe and healthy communication

Having pragmatic competence, one can communicate appropriately in social contexts. Pragmatic competence is defined as “the ability to use the language express a wide range of functions well interpret their illocutionary force discourse according socio-cultural context which they are used”. The present study aimed at investigating Iraqi Kurdish EFL learners through comprehension speech acts, implicatures, and situational routines three aspects competence. further focused on effects communicative teaching methods enhancing originality study. Moreover, attempted see any variance between males females regarding this issue. For reason, comprised 90 participants. A multiple-choice completion test including 32 items was used for collection data. results unveiled recorded low level findings revealed that interestingly enhance competency.