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- ItemPRAGMATICS VERSUS AFFECT IN EFL LEARNING CONTEXT(2016-06-01) GHEMBAZA AHMED HICHEM; Encadreur: BEDJAOUI FEWZIARésumé (Français et/ou Anglais) : Summary This thesis is an attempt to explore the notion of pragmatics in relation to affect within the EFL learning context, focusing in particular on the teaching of the oral communicative skills at university level. It analyses 2nd year students of English, University of Saida, pragmatic competence in oral comprehension and expression classes. It also tries to explore the effects of the introduction of pragmatic instructions in the oral class with regard to affective considerations. From another angle, the researcher endeavours to find out about specific teaching practices that can develop adequate pragmatic skills among students. The results indicate that 2nd year students of English have a relatively low pragmatic competence, and that instructing students in pragmatics proves to enhance positive affect among them. However, the nurtured interest and involvement of students is not sufficient to improve their pragmatic skills. The thesis provides a number of suggestions stressing the need for integrating pragmatics teaching within the EFL curriculum in general and the oral comprehension and expression syllabus in particular. Hence, it seems important to adopt some teaching practices that prioritise sufficient exposure of students to the linguistic, communicative and cultural features of the target language.
