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The Role of Pragmatic Competence in Foreign Language Education

Ayşegül TAKKAÇ TULGAR
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10–19
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2016-01-15
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For the purposes of this review, relevant literature covering definitions of pragmatics and pragmatic competence and research carried out on pragmatic competence is presented.Keywords: pragmatic competence, foreign language education, communicative competence, pragmatics instruction

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Objective & Hypothesis:Pragmatic competence has become, especially in the last few decades, one of the issues that attracted attention in the field as an essential part of language competence.
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Key Findings & Data: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.
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Conclusion & Impact:For the purposes of this review, relevant literature covering definitions of pragmatics and pragmatic competence and research carried out on pragmatic competence is presented.Keywords: pragmatic competence, foreign language education, communicative competence, pragmatics instruction
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⚙️Variables:pragmatic competence · foreign language education · communicative competence

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Pragmatic competence has become, especially in the last few decades, one of the issues that attracted attention in the field 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. This review is intended to provide a brief overview of pragmatics and pragmatic competence, the pedagogic significance of pragmatic competence highlighting the relevant theoretical components of pragmatics. For the purposes of this review, relevant literature covering definitions of pragmatics and pragmatic competence and research carried out on pragmatic competence is presented.Keywords: pragmatic competence, foreign language education, communicative competence, pragmatics instruction

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TULGAR, A. T. (2016). The Role of Pragmatic Competence in Foreign Language Education. Turkish Online Journal of English Language Teaching, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 10–19. https://ajindex.com/articles/1010292

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