HOW DO YOU DEVELOP STUDENT'S PRAGMATIC COMPETENCES

Abstract

Pragmatic competence is the ability to understand speakers’ intentions, interpret their feelings and attitudes, and differentiate speech acts such as “requesting”, “suggesting” and “threats”. It is also having the necessary knowledge to interact appropriately in communicative situations. [2] states that pragmatic competence is not extra or ornamental. It is not subordinated to knowledge of grammar and textual organization, but it is coordinated to formal linguistic and textual knowledge. Learners need to develop pragmatic competence to communicate successfully in a target language.