Pragmatic Competence

Abstract: Pragmatic competence has become, especially in the last few decades, one of the issues that attracted attention in the field of language learning as an essential part of language competence. The realization that having a good command of linguistic knowledge in target language would not be enough to master the language has created the need to investigate the value and effect of pragmatic competence in language education. The following research paper aims at studying different articles related to pragmatic competence stressing on the Impact of Textbook-Based Input on L2 Learners' Pragmatic Comprehension. It will be approached both on the critical reading and critical thinking levels taking into consideration the pragmatic and the linguistic

In the introduction, the writer explains the change in the look towards learning foreign languages which changed from showing grammatical accuracy towards more functional abilities. There are various differences between learners and native speakers concerning availability of input, proficiency, length of exposure, and transfer. With pedagogical intervention, planned classroom activities facilitate the development of pragmatic ability which can be facilitated by utilizing universal pragmatic knowledge added to the successful transfer of some aspects from L1 where adult L2 learners need to develop new representations of pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic knowledge away from their native language with their need for input as well as feedback. Explicit instruction in pragmatics includes linguistic tools that allow them to realize and understand linguistic action in a contextually appropriate way following the aspect of culture where learners themselves decide the level of convergence to the cultural norms of