THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAGMATICS IN TEACHING ENGLISH

Abstract

Successful language acquisition and interaction may not be built only by following a set of grammar rules and rich vocabulary, but also pragmatic norms of a target language which partially or totally can differ from others as the native. Before the adoption of communicative approach, the learning languages was regarded as similar with grammatical accuracy and linguistics. However, this focus has changed giving the major significance to successful communication with the aim of producing and understanding intended meanings appropriately in different settings. In Language Teaching pragmatics regards the acquisition of language use in social contexts in second and foreign language classrooms.