ABSTRACT
This chapter provides concrete principles and guidelines for second language pragmatics instructional materials development that teachers can directly use in their own practice. It presents several concrete examples and tips, and discusses those tips and principles according to different learning contexts. The chapter focusing on requesting/giving instructions starts off by having learners think about the context of asking for a day off from work, which activates their knowledge and interest. It explores key concepts and examples of current practices in pragmatics materials development. The chapter discusses principles and guidelines for materials development in general. It describes several concrete examples and guidelines for materials development for teachers. Supplementary materials for teaching pragmatics have been produced to rectify the lack of pragmatics information or materials in textbooks. Materials development as a field is concerned with specific principles and procedures to design, create, implement, and evaluate materials produced for language teaching.
