Pragmatic Competence in Foreign Language Learning

Abstract

The author discusses how pragmatic rules for language use are often subconscious. In a similar way with cultural training, to teach pragmatic rules is depended on the teacher’s perspective, the observation of how speakers do things with words has analyzed the pragmatic process at least to the point where we can provide responsible, concrete lessons and activities to our learners. If we really want our students to be fluent communicators even in the heterogeneous communication, we must be in the position to give assurance that they can learn pragmatics in their second foreign language.