Expressing Gratitude in an EFL Context: The Case of Jordanian Learners
| Autor: | Abdullah Ahmad Jaradat, Nisreen Al-Khawaldeh, Husam Al-Momani, Baker Bani-Khair |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Interlanguage pragmatics Linguistics and Language Literature and Literary Theory media_common.quotation_subject American English Realization (linguistics) Context (language use) 06 humanities and the arts lcsh:PR1-9680 Second-language acquisition Language and Linguistics Linguistics Preference lcsh:English literature lcsh:Philology. Linguistics lcsh:P1-1091 Discourse-completion task 0602 languages and literature Gratitude gratitude speech acts interlanguage pragmatics second language acquisition Electrical and Electronic Engineering Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 190-198 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2200-3452 2200-3592 |
| DOI: | 10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.6n.4p.190 |
| Popis: | This study contributes to the existing literature on interlanguage pragmatics by investigating intermediate Jordanian English Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ gratitude speech act realization compared to that of native American English speakers. The study considered both aspects of pragmatic competence including pragmalinguistic knowledge (i.e., the use of gratitude strategies) and sociopragmatic knowledge (i.e., the influence of contextual variables). A discourse completion task (DCT) was employed to elicit data from 60 participants divided into two groups: 30 native speakers of American English, and 30 Jordanian EFL learners. Findings revealed that while Jordanian EFL learners and American English native speakers have access to the same gratitude strategies, both groups differed in the order preference of the used strategies and their frequency of use. Furthermore, the two groups showed different patterns in responding to contextual variables (i.e., social power and size of imposition), an indication that different cultural values govern the speech norms of each group. The study concludes with some pedagogical implications that could be implemented in the EFL classroom. |
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