Author(s): Nadhim Obaid Hussein, Intan Safinas Mohd Ariff Albakri, Goh Hock Seng

Abstract: The study explained English learners' pragmatic awareness of EFL learners in using request strategies, those strategies that they used in gaining pragmatic ability in academic and social communication. The paper was presented by a public programmer lead that prioritizes the necessity for English learners to develop their ability to use request successfully in social and academic communications. The study aimed to clarify the important role of strategies on improving learners' pragmatic awareness among Iraqi undergraduate EFL learners. Moreover, most English learners fail to present pragmatic ability on how to use request by relating utterances to their meanings, knowing the intention of language users. There is growing of studies on the effectiveness of strategies on increasing students’pragmatic awareness in EFL college teaching.

Keywords: Pragmatic awareness, Request strategies, and EFL students.

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.51.41