"Pragmatic ability is crucial for second language learners to communicate appropriately and effectively; however, pragmatics is underemphasized in language classrooms. This book remedies that situation by connecting theory, empirical research, and practical curricular suggestions on pragmatics for learners of different proficiency levels: It surveys the field comprehensively and, with useful tasks and activities, offers rich guidance for teaching and testing L2 pragmatics. Mainly referring to pragmatics of English and with relevant examples from multiple languages, it is an invaluable resource for practicing teachers, graduate students, and researchers in language pedagogy and assessment"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction --What is pragmatics and why does it matter? -- Who is this book for (and some terminology you might need) -- How this book is organized -- Pragmatic competence and interactional competence -- Pragmatics -- How to talk to whom: pragmatic competence -- Understanding non-literal speech: implicature -- Fixed expressions for fixed purposes: routine formulae -- Interactional competence -- Summary: speech acts, implicature, routines, and interactional competence -- Resources and further readings -- How to make teaching materials and tests for pragmatics -- The basics: How to establish context -- Metapragmatic judgements -- Multiple-choice tasks -- Discourse completion tasks -- Role plays 53 -- Elicited conversation -- Pragmatics and curriculum -- The CEFR and other frameworks: a brief introduction -- A developmentally sensitive pragmatics curriculum -- Pragmatics and proficiency levels -- Beginners: the A1 level learner and pragmatics -- Upper beginner/low intermediate: the A2 level learner and pragmatics -- Intermediate: the B1 level learner and pragmatics -- Upper-intermediate: the B2 level learner and pragmatics -- Advanced: the C1 level learner and pragmatics -- The high advanced learner: Pragmatics at the C2 level -- Resources and further readings -- Conclusion Teaching pragmatics -- Overview: findings and issues in teaching L2 pragmatics -- Materials for teaching pragmatics -- Phases of a pragmatics lesson -- Teaching a feature across levels -- Resources and further readings -- Testing pragmatics -- Pragmatics teaching so far -- Testing in pragmatics research -- Pragmatic norms -- Assessing learning: classroom-based testing of pragmatics and interaction -- How to make sure tests work: validation of large-scale tests -- Validating "Objective" tests -- Validating sociopragmatic judgement tests -- Validating productive tests and their rating scales -- Fairness and bias in testing of pragmatics -- Conclusion -- Resources and further readings -- Outlook: the future of teaching and testing of L2 pragmatics -- Pragmatics in general language teaching -- Specific-purposes pragmatics: needs analyses, tasks, and indigenous criteria -- Making pragmatics tests practical: the role of technology.