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.
Cite this paper
Shu, X. (2018). Promoting Pragmatic Competence in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Open Access Library Journal, 5, e4398. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1104398.
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