ABSTRACT
Why discuss language learner strategies in a book on pragmaticsfor teachers? The main reason is that our ultimate goal is to have learners be more effective pragmatically in the L2. Research has
Given the challenges associated with learning L2 pragmatics, it makes sense
for learners to develop their own repertoire of strategies for both learning
and performing pragmatics.2 While other chapters in the book have looked
at what learners do with pragmatics (such as Chapters 5 and 9), this chapter
looks specifically at the role of the actual strategizing that they may do, both
in learning L2 speech acts and also in performing what has been learned.
