Adding Pragmatic Elements in the Standardized English Test

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10.2991/assehr.k.220131.092How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Pragmatics; Standardized English Test; Applied Linguistics; Language Testing

Abstract

With the deepening of global economic integration, the transnational connections are closer, and English, as a global language, has a broader range of applications. A language is a tool of communication, and the language of different countries and cultures has its uniqueness, which leads to different pragmatic habits. As a concrete manifestation of communicative competence, pragmatic competence enables interlocutors to ensure the appropriateness of cross-cultural communication through rational language principles. This paper designs some questions and references answers based on speech act theory, cooperative principle, politeness maxims, and face theory. First, it is hoped that pragmatic competence, as a cross-cultural communication competence as crucial as linguistic competence, can be considered in the standardized English test. Secondly, it is hoped to give some suggestions to Chinese students who will study in English-speaking countries to better integrate into local society; that is, it is necessary to enhance pragmatics learning.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhengzhe Liu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/01
TI  - Adding Pragmatic Elements in the Standardized English Test
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 506
EP  - 514
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220131.092
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.092
ID  - Liu2022
ER  -