Findings
Empirically speaking, it is widely observed that many students
do have a considerable amount of pragmatic knowledge
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(thanks to the pragmatics module and / or a supposedly
sufficient exposure to the target culture), but these students
don’t always make good use of it. They either negatively
transfer their L1 pragmatic routines into the target language or,
in some cases, they totally converge to the target culture. Thus,
there is a clear role for a pedagogical intervention.