ABSTRACT
A s can be seen from the thrust of this book, we feel strongly thatthe time has come for teachers to make even greater strides than they now do to extend their teaching beyond the presentation of
decontextualized language forms. The aim of this book is to encourage
teacher readers to support learners in interpreting what people really mean
in the target language and in expressing themselves the way that they want
to. Too frequently learners memorize words and phrases, and then find that
they do not really know when and how to use them effectively. This book
appears at a time when there is a wave of interest in enhancing learners’
control over the pragmatics of the language. The book joins others that give
special focus to the classroom, and views teachers as facilitators in the class-
room. The material in this book is intended to be used both in teacher
development programs and in direct implementation of L2 pragmatics
instruction in the classroom.
