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Cross-Cultural Study of EFL/ESL Learners’ Request Strategies | ||
Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies | ||
مقاله 2، دوره 4، شماره 2، تیر 2017، صفحه 45-33 اصل مقاله (398.23 K) | ||
نویسندگان | ||
Mahmood Hashemian1؛ Maryam Farhang-Ju2 | ||
1Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Shahrekord University | ||
2MA in Applied Linguistics, Shahrekord University | ||
تاریخ دریافت: 14 آذر 1396، تاریخ پذیرش: 14 آذر 1396 | ||
چکیده | ||
Differences in nonnative speakers’ pragmatic performance may lead to serious communication problems. Although previous research has investigated different types of request strategies employed by English as a foreign or second language (EFL/ESL) learners, little is known whether they use different or similar types of request strategies in the faculty context. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate cross-cultural variation in the use of request strategies by EFL/ESL learners to their faculty. To this aim, the request strategies elicited from 38 intermediate Iranian EFL learners in Iran, 24 intermediate ESL learners in England, and 16 British native English-speaking teachers were examined. A discourse completion test (DCT) was used to elicit the EFL/ESL learners’ request strategies to the faculty. Frequency findings suggested preference for the use of conventionally indirect request strategies to their faculty by the participants. Moreover, chi-square results indicated that their first language (L1) had no effect on the choice of request strategies employed by such learners to their faculty. Conclusions are that EFL/ESL learners generally use more negative politeness strategies to mitigate their requests to their faculty. | ||
کلیدواژهها | ||
Request strategies؛ English as a foreign or second language (EFL/ESL) learners؛ politeness | ||
عنوان مقاله [English] | ||
بررسی بین فرهنگی راهکارهای درخواست زبان آموزان انگلیسی به عنوان یک زبان خارجی/دوم | ||
نویسندگان [English] | ||
محمود هاشمیان1؛ مریم فرهنگ جو2 | ||
چکیده [English] | ||
تفاوت درعملکرد منظورشناختی زبانآموزان غیربومی ممکن است به مشکلات ارتباطی جدی منجر شود. اگرچه پژوهشهای گذشته انواع مختلف استراتژیهای درخواست استفاده شده توسط زبان آموزان انگلیسی به عنوان یک زبان خارجی/دوم را بررسی کرده است، کاملا مشخص نیست که آیا آنها از استراتژیهای درخواست مختلف یا مشابهای درموقعیتهای دانشگاهی استفاده می کنند. این پژوهش تفاوت بین فرهنگی استراتژیهای درخواست زبان آموزان انگلیسی به عنوان یک زبان خارجی/دوم به استاد را بررسی کرد. به این منظور، استراتژیهای درخواست 38 زبان آموز سطح متوسط انگلیسی به عنوان یک زبان خارجی در ایران، 24 زبان آموز سطح متوسط انگلیسی به عنوان یک زبان دوم در انگاستان و 16 معلم انگلیسی زبان بومی بررسی شدند. یک آزمون تکمیل گفتمان برای جمع آوری استراتژی های درخواست به استاد استفاده شد. یافته های فراوانی نشانگر این بود که بیشتر شرکت کنندگان تمایل داشتند که از استراتژی نوع غیرمسقیم استفاده کنند. نتایج مجذور کای نشانگر این بود که زبان اول تاثیری بر انتخاب استراتژی های درخواست این زبان آموزان نداشت. نتایج حاکی از آن است که زبان آموزان انگلیسی به عنوان یک زبان خارجی/دوم به طور کلی از استراتژیهای ادب منفی برای درخواستهای خود به استاد استفاده می کنند. | ||
کلیدواژهها [English] | ||
استراتژی درخواست, زبان آموزان انگلیسی به عنوان یک زبان خارجی/دوم, ادب | ||
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