Journal Article

The Role of Basic School Teachers' Pragmatic Competence in Teaching

Taha, Jamal Anwar, Hassan, Shaimaa Jalal

2023

Overview

This study entitled \"The Role of Basic School Teachers' Pragmatic Competence in Teaching English Language\". The study aims to emphasize the importance of pragmatic competence in the English language environment. The study attempts to tackle various issues which face the process of teaching English language such as: Less attention is paid on speaking in the classroom, lack of professional and pedagogic competence of English teachers. The study hypothesizes that pragmatic competence is one of the neglected aspects in English language teaching in public basic schools. The teachers focus on linguistic knowledge rather than socio-pragmatic knowledge which could potentially reduce students' proficiency in social interactions. Mixed methods have been employed for this study and the data have been collected through questionnaire and observation. The sample population of this study is basic school teachers in Sulaimani city in both Directorates of Education East and West through which they have been chosen randomly. The study consists of five chapters: Chapter one is an introduction which includes: The statement of the problem, the objective of the study, the research questions, the hypotheses, the procedures, the scope of the study, and the significance of the study. Chapter two is about the theoretical background and previous studies. Chapter three involves the methods of data collection used in the study, the sample and the participants, the data collection tools; questionnaire and classroom observation. Chapter four is an analysis and discussion of the data obtained from the questionnaire and classroom observation. Chapter five includes the findings of the research, recommendation and suggestion for further study. The findings of the study illuminate that teachers in our public basic schools are weak in pragmatic knowledge. They often transfer their first language pragmatic knowledge into the English language pragmatic knowledge.

• Publisher: الجامعة العراقية - مركز البحوث والدراسات الإسلامية
• Subject: المدارس الحكومية / المهارات التربوية / تعلم الإنجليزية / معلمو المدارس الأساسية