The Effect of Grammatical Accuracy and Gender on Interlanguage Request Strategy

Autor/inn/en	Sanjaya, I. Nyoman Suka; Sitawati, Anak Agung Raka
Titel	The Effect of Grammatical Accuracy and Gender on Interlanguage Request Strategy
Quelle	In: TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 28 (2017) 2, S.212-235 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0215-773X
Schlagwörter	Grammar; Accuracy; Gender Differences; Interlanguage; Predictor Variables; College Students; Foreign Countries; Writing Assignments; Coding; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Tests; Electronic Mail; Business Administration Education; Statistical Analysis; Scores; Regression (Statistics); Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grammatik; Geschlechterkonflikt; Zielsprache; Prädiktor; Collegestudent; Ausland; Codierung; Programmierung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Indonesien
Abstract	The present study was aimed at examining whether grammatical accuracy and gender were significant predictors of the use of request strategy (direct or indirect). Participants were 39 seventh semester students (29 males and 10 females) majoring in an International Business Management program at a public higher education institution in Bali. Their English proficiency levels ranged from pre-intermediate to intermediate. The participants were asked to write an e-mail based on a situation carefully designed so as to necessitate the use of indirect strategy. Grammatical accuracy was operationalized as an average score per T-unit. The head act of each request was coded as either direct or indirect, and the binary logistic regression was conducted on the data with significance level being set at p < 0.05. The results revealed that neither grammatical accuracy (Wald = 0.72, df = 1, p = 0.40) nor gender (Wald = 0.67, df = 1, p = 0.41) was a significant predictor of a request strategy use. The use of request strategy could not also be predicted from the interaction of grammatical accuracy and gender, Wald = 0.66, df = 1, p = 0.42. These results indicate that the odds for using indirect strategy are similar regardless of the level of grammatical accuracy and gender. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN). Malang, East Java, 65145, Indonesia. TEFLIN Publication Division, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang 5, Tel: +62-341-570566; Fax: +62-341-567475; e-mail: journal@teflin.org; Web site: http://journal.teflin.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01