TY - JOUR AU - Tello Rueda, Yined PY - 2006/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Developing pragmatic competence in a foreign language JF - Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal JA - Colomb. appl. linguist. j VL - 0 IS - 8 SE - Theme Review DO - 10.14483/22487085.177 UR - https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/177 SP - 169-182 AB - <p>This article presents a theoretical discussion about the inclusion of explicit pragmatic instruction as a facilitative tool to develop pragmatic competence in a foreign language. Given the theoretically and empirically informed fact that this competence is generally neglected in the classroom, the rationale here presented may serve as a foundation for foreign language teachers, who face the necessity of helping learners develop pragmatic skills in the target language. Likewise, this article intends to be a prompter for classroom researchers, eager to explore the effect of pragmatic instruction, and the potential developmental stages learners undergo, through the conduction of longitudinal and cross-sectional research studies.</p> ER -