CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter aims to review the related literature on interlanguage pragmatics and locate the present study in the context of the previous studies. To review the related research works on ILP competence，some basic theories and definitions will be introduced. First，the concept of communicative competence is introduced. Then，theories of pragmatics are discussed. After that，pragmatic competence and interlanguage pragmatics are explained. The subsequent sections cover the domain of the ILP competence test of the present study，the main testing methods of pragmatic competence，and previous studies on reliability and validity of ILP competence testing. Finally，studies of EFL learners’ ILP competence are reviewed.