AWARENESS-RAISING STRATEGIES FOR LEARNERS' DIVERGENCE
Keywords:
Awareness-raising strategies, pragmatic competence, cultural identity, learners' divergence.Abstract
EFL students clearly vary in their acquisition of language aspects. Certain factors can affect EFL students' pragmatic competency acquisition; as a result, they have varying levels of competency acquisition. Learners face the threat of sounding insensitive and impolite if they do not have a firm understanding of the pragmatic rules in the target language. This paper synthesizes strategies to increase student divergence awareness.
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