Mohammed Jasim Betti, Atyaf Shakir Ghmayes
ABSTRACT
The current study is an attempt to measure the Iraqi EFL university learners’ abilities in pragmatics. The study aims to test whether the Iraqi EFL learners are able to comprehend speech acts, implicature and presupposition. The study hypothesizes that the Iraqi EFL postgraduates are more able than undergraduates to utilize the previously-mentioned topics in pragmatics. The participants of the study are EFL Iraqi undergraduates and postgraduates, Departments of English from different Colleges and universities. The data elicitation tool is a recognition test according to the nature and aims of the study. The study reaches the conclusion that postgraduates are better than undergraduates in their comprehension of speech acts, implicature and presupposition.
