THE ROLE OF PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE IN TEACHING VOCABULARY

Abstract

Abstract: Pragmatic competence has become one of the issues attracting attention
in the field in recent decades as an important part of language competence. The
realization that the acquisition of linguistic knowledge in the target language is not
sufficient for language acquisition has created the need to study the importance and
impact of pragmatic competence in language education. This review is intended to
provide a brief overview of pragmatics and pragmatic competence and to analyze the
role and importance of pragmatic competence in the teaching of vocabulary and
phrases and to highlight the relevant theoretical components of pragmatics. For the
purposes of this review, relevant literature and research on pragmatic competence
including definitions of pragmatics and pragmatic competence are presented.