The Essential Role of Teaching Pragmatic in the Iraqi EFL Classroom

Abstract

This study described the necessity for teaching pragmatic in EFL classroom, research on pragmatics in EFL learning and teaching. The study was presented by a public curriculum lead that prioritizes the necessity for teaching students' pragmatic to increase their ability to use language successfully in social and academic communications. Additionally, Many English teachers fail to offer pragmatic ability in classroom that is because the lack of understanding of teaching pragmatic. There is increasing material of studies on value of teaching pragmatic on increasing EFL students' communication, as well as usage of request. However, the scholars have pointed to concentrate on how English learners require new approach such as teaching pragmatic to develop the students' production of request in the EFL schoolroom. The new approaches of teaching pragmatic to these Iraqi EFL learners have been discussed in details of the current study.

The barefoot shoemaker's son: examining EFL teachers' pragmatic competence in a Saudi context

“…Many studies have shown that EFL teachers may lack pragmatic knowledge (e.g. Eslami-Rasekh and Eslami-Rasekh, 2008;Glaser, 2020;Hussein and Albakri, 2019;Ivanova, 2018). When English is taught by non-native English speakers in an EFL context, teachers' awareness of pragmatics is crucial, as they can facilitate students' learning and their development of L2 pragmatics.…”