Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Context, Individual Differences and Pragmatic Development: An Introduction -- 2. Longitudinal Studies in Interlanguage Pragmatics -- 3. Theoretical Framework, Research Questions and Methodology of the Study -- 4. Patterns and Rate of Pragmatic Development -- 5. Individual Differences in Pragmatic Development -- 6. Summary and Conclusion -- Appendix A: Language Contact Profile (LCP) -- Appendix B: Descriptive Statistics of LCP Results -- Appendix C: Pragmatic Listening Test (PLT) Items -- Appendix D: Pragmatic Speaking Test (PST) Situational Scenarios -- Appendix E: Evaluation of Speech Acts: Grammar Rating Scale -- Appendix F: Evaluation of Speech Acts: Appropriateness Rating Scale -- Appendix G: Grammar Test for Target Pragmalinguistic Features -- Appendix H: Coding Frameworks for Speech Act Expressions -- References -- Index