Investigating Pragmatics in Foreign Language Learning, Teaching and Testing

Eva Alcón Soler, senior lecturer at University Jaume I, has been working on discourse and language learning since 1993. Her research has covered, among others, interlanguage pragmatics, lingua franca communication, interaction and second language acquisition. Her recent publications have focussed on intercultural language use and language learning and on learning pragmatics in foreign language contexts.

Alicia Martínez-Flor is a Senior Lecturer of English Applied Linguistics at Universitat Jaume I (Castellón, Spain). She is a member of LAELA (Lingüística Aplicada a l'Ensenyament de la Llengua Anglesa) research group at Universitat Jaume I, and an executive board member of ITAP (International Association for Teaching Pragmatics). Her main research interests include interlanguage pragmatics, instructional pragmatics, language teacher education in pragmatics, and foreign language learning and teaching. Her publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as System, Foreign Language Annals, ELT Journal and Language Teaching Research. She has co-edited the volumes ‘Pragmatics in Foreign Language Learning, Teaching and Testing’ (Multilingual Matters, 2008), ‘Speech Act Performance: Theoretical, Empirical and Methodological Issues’ (John Benjamins, 2010) and ‘L2 Pragmatics in Action: Teachers, Learners and the Teaching-Learning Interaction Process’ (John Benjamins, 2023).