مجلة العلوم الانسانية
Volume 14, Numéro 2, Pages 7-23
2014-03-01

Developing Pragmatic Competence In The Efl Context: Opportunities And Challenges.

Authors : Segueni Lamri .

Abstract

Teaching pragmatics is one of the neglected aspects in English language teaching in Algeria. There is a total dearth of pragmatic contents and their presentations are marginalized as compared to other language items. Therefore, in order to make learners communicatively competent, there should be a shift from previous theoretical frameworks which considered language as a formal system based on the acquisition of rules, towards a more communicative orientation. The current paper, therefore, looks into the challenges and opportunities in teaching pragmatics to language learners in the EFL context and the way to forward it.

Keywords

Pragmatic/Competence/EFL/ Context/Opportunities