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There are a number of resources available for the teaching and learning of pragmatics (See Sykes, 2016). A few are summarized as this week's Activitiy of the Week to give many examples for those interested in implementing lessons in their classroom.   

Dancing with Words: Strategies for Learning Pragmatics in Spanish: A function based website for the teaching and learning of Spanish pragmatics. There are 10 research-based modules with built-in activities designed for classroom use. 

American English: Teaching Pragmatics: A website with classroom materials focused on English pragmatics. The site includes downloadable lessons, lesson plans, and multimedia resources.

Strategies for Learning Japanese Pragamtics:  A function based website for the teaching and learning of seven speech acts in Japanese. There are seven modules, each focused on a different speech act. 

Multimedia interactive modules for education and assessment (MIMEA): A set of multimedia clips with associated activities in Arabic. 

BrazilPod: A set of multimedia clips with associated activities in Portuguese. 

Sykes, J. (2016). Technologies for Teaching and Learning Intercultural Competence and Interlanguage Pragmatics. In Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning. S. Sauro & C. Chapelle (Eds.), pp. 119-133. New York: Wiley.