Are the Speech Acts of EFL Learners Really Direct? The Case of Requests in the Omani EFL Context

Autor/inn/en	Lenchuk, Iryna; Ahmed, Amer
Titel	Are the Speech Acts of EFL Learners Really Direct? The Case of Requests in the Omani EFL Context
Quelle	In: SAGE Open, 9 (2019) 1, (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2158-2440
DOI	10.1177/2158244018825018
Schlagwörter	Speech Acts; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Interlanguage; Pragmatics; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Native Speakers; Cross Cultural Studies; Task Analysis; College Faculty; Cultural Influences; Family Relationship; Communication Strategies; Interpersonal Communication; Language Proficiency; Teacher Student Relationship; Oman + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprechakt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Zielsprache; Pragmalinguistik; Schülerverhalten; Muttersprachler; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Aufgabenanalyse; Fakultät; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Kommunikationsstrategie; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	The study focuses on the strategies English as a foreign language (EFL) learners choose to take on in requests without evaluating them against the norm of a native speaker, as the concept of native speaker is ideologically problematic in the time of super-diversity. The study uses cultural scripts proposed in the field of cross-cultural pragmatics to interpret the strategies of EFL learners in making requests. Seventy-six requests were elicited from twenty-six undergraduate Omani EFL learners through Discourse Completion Tasks (DCTs). The results obtained from the DCTs were supported by the results of the focus discussion group and our personal observations as faculty members and students' advisors. The study shows that contrary to the claims made in most of the literature on requests in interlanguage pragmatics, EFL learners use indirect strategies. In addition, they use address terms and provide reasons for their requests. These strategies are shaped by cultural scripts that prioritize the values of politeness, strong family, and tribal orientation in the Omani society. Findings suggest that awareness of these communication strategies promotes tolerance and sensitivity towards the communication styles of others. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01