https://pragmatickr.com/ Study of Chinese Learners' Pedagogical Choices in Korean In addition to learner-internal influences, CLKs' awareness of the need to be pragmatic and the relationship advantages they could draw on were significant. Researchers from TS and ZL for instance mentioned their local professor relationship as the primary reason for their decision to stay clear of criticising a strict prof (see examples 2). This article reviews all locally published pragmatic research on Korean until 2020. It focuses on key pragmatic topics including: Discourse Construction Tests (DCTs) The test for discourse completion (DCT) is a widely used instrument in the field of pragmatic research. It has many advantages, but also some disadvantages. For example the DCT cannot account for cultural and individual variations in communication. The DCT can also be biased and result in overgeneralizations. It is important to carefully analyze the data before it is used in research or assessment. Despite its limitations, the DCT is a useful tool to study the relationship between prosody and information structure in non-native speakers. The ability of the DCT in two or more stages to influence social variables that affect politeness could be a benefit. This ability can aid researchers study the role of prosody in communication across different cultural contexts, a major challenge in cross-cultural pragmatics. In the field of linguistics, the DCT has become one of the most important instruments for analyzing learners' communication behaviors. It can be used to investigate various aspects such as politeness, turn taking, and lexical selection. It can also be used to assess the phonological complexity of learners their speech. A recent study used a DCT to evaluate EFL students' refusal skills. Participants were presented with various scenarios and were asked to choose the appropriate response from the choices provided. The authors found the DCT to be more effective than other methods for