COLLABORATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN TEACHING PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE IN EFL CLASSES
Keywords:
pragmatic competence, collaborative learning, EFL teaching, speech acts, sociopragmatic competence, pragmalinguistic competence, communicative competence, metapragmatic awareness, intercultural communication.Abstract
Pragmatic competence constitutes a fundamental component of communicative competence and refers to the ability to use language appropriately according to social, cultural, and contextual norms. In many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) environments, learners demonstrate high grammatical knowledge yet experience difficulties performing speech acts appropriately in authentic communicative situations. One of the promising pedagogical approaches to addressing this challenge is collaborative learning. Collaborative learning promotes interaction, negotiation of meaning, and social construction of knowledge, which are essential for developing pragmatic awareness. The article reviews theoretical foundations of collaborative learning and interlanguage pragmatics, analyzes how peer interaction contributes to pragmatic development, and proposes several classroom strategies including role-play collaboration, problem-based pragmatic tasks, discourse analysis in groups, and collaborative reflection.
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