Although second language learners pragmatic competence their ability to use language in context is an essential part of their general communicative competence it has not been a part of second language tests. This book helps fill this gap by describing the development and validation of a webbased test of ESL pragmalinguistics. The instrument assesses learners knowledge of routine formulae speech acts and implicature in 36 multiplechoice and briefresponse items. The tests quantitative and qualitative validation with 300 learners showed high reliability and provided strong evidence of the instruments construct validity. Its webbased format makes it easy to administer and score. The book ends with a discussion of future research directions in assessing second language pragmatics. show more