Gender and Questions as Complaints: An Interlanguage Pragmatic Study

Autor/inn/en	Thongtong, Tiwahporn; Srioutai, Jiranthara
Titel	Gender and Questions as Complaints: An Interlanguage Pragmatic Study
Quelle	In: LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 12 (2019) 2, S.122-140 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2630-0672
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Gender Differences; College Freshmen; Questioning Techniques; Interlanguage; Speech Acts; Inquiry; Problem Solving; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Geschlechterkonflikt; Studienanfänger; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Zielsprache; Sprechakt; Problemlösen
Abstract	This paper investigates how male and female Thai EFL learners use questions to perform complaints similarly or differently. The participants were first-year English major Thai undergraduate students. The role play was a research instrument used for data collection. The chi-square analysis showed statistically significant differences between the male and female questions. The male learners utilized "appeal" more frequently while the female learners opted for "inquiry" more frequently. The male learners tended to use the questions to solve the problems while the female learners tended to opt for the questions to inquire about the problems and to ask for information. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Language Institute of Thammasat University. The Prachan Campus, 2 Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand. e-mail: learnjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/learn
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01