* Connects theory to practice in teaching and curriculum development for L2 pragmatics, using the innovative and helpful structure common to all books in this series. The first book to offer hands-on activities for teaching pragmatics in the language classroom

* With pragmatics being a major area of interest within theoretical and applied linguistics - and growing interest in covering pragmatics in a research-based, practical way - this book meets the demand for an evidence-based, teaching-oriented resource

* Extant books are researcher-/research-student-oriented rather than geared practically for language teachers present and future. This book will uniquely fill a gap in the market, bridging the "teaching gap" in this subject