A Study on the Perception of Jordanian EFL Learners' Pragmatic Transfer of Refusals

Autor/inn/en	Huwari, Ibrahim Fathi; Al-Shboul, Yasser
Titel	A Study on the Perception of Jordanian EFL Learners' Pragmatic Transfer of Refusals
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6 (2015) 1, S.46-54 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Student Attitudes; Speech Acts; Graduate Students; Native Speakers; Arabs; North American English; Cultural Background; Semitic Languages; Statistical Analysis; Differences; Pragmatics; Ethnography; Questionnaires; Jordan; Malaysia; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schülerverhalten; Sprechakt; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Muttersprachler; Arab; Araber; Amerikanisches Englisch; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Statistische Analyse; Unterscheiden; Pragmalinguistik; Ethnografie; Fragebogen
Abstract	This study investigates the perception of Jordanian EFL learners' (JEFL) pragmatic transfer of refusal strategies in terms of contextual and cultural factors. Data were collected using a discourse completion test (DCT) and a scaled-response questionnaire (SRQ) to elicit perception data from the participants. Data from the SRQ were analyzed based on the speaker's right to refuse the initiating act. Findings revealed that the right the speaker has to refuse the initiating act was assigned high ratings by the three groups (i.e., M > 3.00) in all social categories. Individually, however, the groups displayed the rating value differently where the AEL1 group's perception of the speaker's right was relatively higher than that of the JEFL and JAL1 groups in all the social categories. The JEFL participants' negative pragmatic transfer criteria were met in the first and third social categories. The study concludes with a discussion of important directions for future research. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01