The role of pragmatics instruction in language teacher education

语用能力是在一定的社会文化背景下恰当使用语言的能力，是交际能力的重要组成部分。为了有效地将语用学融入第二语言/外语教学，本研究对美国和日本的专业发展课程中教师的语用意识、教学和评估进行了调查。虽然语用学的理论争论很多，但关于如何将这一理论应用于语言课堂却很少有人提出见解。这条研究路线对加强这一领域的实践具有直接意义。

Pragmatic competence is ability to use language appropriately in given sociocultural context and is an essential component of communicative competence. In order to effectively incorporate pragmatics into the second/foreign language instruction, this study has investigated teachers' pragmatic awareness, instruction, and assessment discussed and observed in professional development courses given in the US and in Japan. While theoretical arguments in pragmatics abound, there have been few insights as to how the theory could be applied to the language classroom. This line of research has direct implications for enhanced practice in this area.