the necessity and importance of teaching pragmatics has come to light by many researchers (e.g. rose & kasper, 2001). due to the consensus over the need to teach pragmatic competence, the main issue now centers on the question of how we should teach this competence in the most effective way. consistent with this line of research, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of d...

this study explores the use of the english locution i love you in the american context. the data were collected through a focus discussion group and a survey questionnaire. 120 college undergraduate students from a large public american university participated in the study with 28 attending the focus discussion group and 92 completing the survey questionnaire. the findings indicated that the us...

this study explores the use of the english locution i love you in the american context. the data were collected through a focus discussion group and a survey questionnaire. 120 college undergraduate students from a large public american university participated in the study with 28 attending the focus discussion group and 92 completing the survey questionnaire. the findings indicated that the us...

l2 research has shown that instruction in l2 pragmatics is necessary. the current study evaluated the impact of explicit instruction on efl learner's awareness and production of three speech acts of request, apology, and complaint. it also probed whether learners’ language proficiency plays any role in incorporating pragmatic instruction into the l2 classroom. iranian undergraduate student...

Abstract This paper investigates how pragmatics can be deployed to interpret non-standard usages in the context of English language users. There are two important linguistics keys interpreting meanings English: and grammatical competence. For effective communication, a decoder must competent at levels. Many researchers Nigeria have agreed that, Nigerian has come stay, therefore, we need look be...

The necessity and importance of teaching pragmatics has come to light by many researchers (e.g. Rose & Kasper, 2001). Due to the consensus over the need to teach pragmatic competence, the main issue now centers on the question of how we should teach this competence in the most effective way. Consistent with this line of research, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of deduc...

As we know, Pragmatics is the way convey meaning through communication, so study aims at student’s opinions on use of English language as a means communication and to show significance function, context, authentic situations develop pragmatic competence in Sudanese Language university learners. To achieve objectives, used questionnaire address questions objectives. 150 employed students partici...

The generative grammar approach to language seeks a fully explicit account of the modular system of knowledge (competence) that underlies the human language capacity. Similarly, the relevance-theoretic approach to pragmatics attempts an explicit characterisation of the subpersonal systems involved in utterance interpretation. As an on-line performance system, however, it is subject to certain a...

Secondary students must master not only grammar and text organization, but also pragmatic competence in the target language order to achieve communication competence. The ability express meaning beyond rules is referred as Teachers should provide materials that are appropriate for both learning goals needs of students. This study aimed determine types textbooks teachers require. It was a mixed-...