CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
6.6 Final remarks
It is hoped that this study has indicated the impact that L1/cultural background clearly has on aspects of pragmatic ability in an L2. The influence of factors such as L2 proficiency and SES must also not be underestimated. Although the study focused on the ability of South African students to interpret implicatures in their L2 English, the implications of the study are significant not only for the academic literacy classroom at SU, but also for interactions between members of different L1/cultural groups in our multilingual, multicultural country: when misunderstandings occur, speakers might be more tolerant towards each other if they realise that different cultures and different languages simply create and interpret implicatures differently. This is particularly relevant in instances where one or more participants are communicating in an L2. An awareness of the factors that can potentially impact intercultural communication should thus hopefully lead to improved communication between cultures.
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