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İngilizce Lisansüstü Öğrencilerinin Özür Dileme Stratejileri

Year 2019, Volume: 25 Issue: 97, 333 - 346, 20.09.2019
https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.947

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi’nde öğrenim gören EFL Yüksek Lisans öğrencileri
arasında kullanılmakta olan Özür Dileme Strateji çeşitlerini incelemektir. Buna ek olarak, bu çalışmada
Özür Dileme Stratejileri ve cinsiyet arasındaki ilişki incelenmektedir. Çalışmanın amacına uygun
olarak, Söylem Tamamlama Testi anketi kullanılmıştır. Söylem Tamamlama Testi, Harb’ın
çalışmasından alınmıştır (2015). Çalışmaya katılan öğrenciler, Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi’nde master
ve doktora programlarındaki 42 bay ve 42 bayan olmak üzere toplam 84 EFL yüksek lisans
öğrencisidir. Katılımcılar farklı bölümler ve farklı uyruktandır. Katılımcılar arasında en sık kullanılan
stratejileri bulabilmek amacıyla, içerik analizi tekniği kullanılmıştır. Sonuçlar, Edimsel Eylem Gösteren Aletlerin, açıklamaların ve telafilerin EFL yüksek lisans öğrencileri arasında en çok kullanılan Özür
Dileme Stratejileri olduğunu göstermektedir. Geriye kalan stratejiler, katılımcılar tarafından fazla
kullanılmamaktadır. Buna ek olarak, Özür Dileme Stratejileri ve cinsiyet arasında anlamlı bir fark
bulunamamıştır. Hem bay hem de bayan katılımcılar Özür Dileme Stratejileri’ni benzer şekilde yoğun
olarak kullanmaktadır. Sonuçlara dayanarak, bu çalışma EFL yüksek lisans öğrencilerinin özür dileme
söz eylemi hakkındaki bilgilerini arttırmaktadır. Buna ek olarak, bu onların ilgisini kültür ve içeriğin
hedef dildeki etkilerine yönlendirmektedir. Çalışmanın sınırlandırmaları gözönünde
bulundurulduğunda, ilk olarak bu makale Söylem Tamamlama Testi’ni çalışmanın amaçlarına ulaşmak
amacıyla veri toplama aracı olarak kullanmıştır. İleri çalışma için, daha fazla veri elde etmek amacıyla
yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler kullanılabilir. İkinci olarak, bu çalışmadaki katılımcılar, farklı bölüm ve
uyruklardan olan lisans üstü öğrencilerdir. Daha sonraki araştırmacılar, ileriye dönük çalışmaların
sonuçlarının daha belirli olabilmesi için, Özür Dileme Stratejileri’nin belirli bir uyruğa ait EFL yüksek
lisans öğrencileri tarafından kullanımını inceleyebilirler.

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Apology Strategies among EFL Postgraduate Learners

Year 2019, Volume: 25 Issue: 97, 333 - 346, 20.09.2019
https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.947

Abstract

This current study aimed at exploring the varieties of Apology Strategies (AS) used by EFL
postgraduate learners. Besides, it investigated the relationship between AS and the gender variable. The
Discourse Completion Test questionnaire (DCT) was employed as an instrument to utilize the purposes
of the study. The DCT was adopted from Harb’s study (2015). The respondents who participated in the
study were 84 EFL learners, 42 Males (M) and 42 Females (F) respectively, who were enrolled in the
master’s and Ph.D. programs at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU). The participants were from
different departments and nationalities. The findings revealed that Illocutionary Force Indicating
Devices (IFIDs), the accounts and reparation, were the most AS used by the respondents. Additionally,
there was not a significant relationship between AS and the gender variable among EFL postgraduate
learners. Based on the results, the current study provided limitations and implications for future
researches.

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  • Alharbi, R. (2017). Responses of female non-native speakers to English compliments: A cross generational study of Saudi Arabian university students and lecturers (Doctoral dissertation, Auckland University of Technology). Retrieved from http://aut.researchgateway.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10292/10954/AlharbiR.pdf?sequence =4&isAllowed=y
  • Bataineh, R., & Bataineh, R. (2006). Apology strategies of Jordanian EFL University students. Journal of Pragmatics, 38(11), 1901-1927. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2005.11.004
  • Bataineh, R., & Bataineh, R. (2005). American university students' apology strategies: An intercultural analysis of the effect of gender. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 9, 1-19. Retrieved from https://immi.se/intercultural/nr9/bataineh.htm. 371 Bayat, N. (2013). A study on the use of speech acts. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 70, 213-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.01.057
  • Cedar, P. (2017). Apology strategies used by EFL undergraduate students in Indonesia. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 6(6), 214-222. doi:10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.6n.6p.214.
  • El Hiani, K. (2015). Performing speech acts among Moroccan EFL advanced learners. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 199, 479-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.535
  • Ghanbari, H., Jamalinesari, A., Gowhary, H., & Azizifar, A. (2015). Investigating apology strategy among male and female Kurdish bilinguals at Ilam. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 190, 477-484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.05.029
  • Harb, M. (2015). On gender and apology strategies: The case of Arabic. Gender Studies, 14(1), 224-265. doi: 10.1515/genst -2016-0014
  • Jalilifar, A., Hashemian, M., & Tabatabaee, M. (2011). A cross-sectional study of Iranian EFL learners' request strategies. Journal of Language Teaching & Research, 2(4), 790-803. doi:10.4304/jltr.2.4.790-803
  • Jebahi, K. (2011). Tunisian university students’ choice of apology strategies in a discourse completion task. Journal of Pragmatics, 34, 648-662. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2010.09.008
  • Karatepe, O. (2013a). High-performance work practices and hotel employee performance: The mediation of work engagement. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 32, 132-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2012.05.003
  • Kasper, G., & Dahl, M. (1991). Research methods in interlanguage pragmatics. Honolulu: University of Hawaii.
  • Mackey, A., & Gass, S. (2005). Second language research: Methodology and design. Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Parsa, H. (2012). Apology strategies of Iranian ESL students (Doctoral dissertation, University of Malaya). Retrieved from http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3971/.
  • Saleem, A., Azam, S., & Saleem, A. (2014). The use of apology strategies in English by Pakistani EFL university students in Pakistan. Journal of Education and Practice, 5(34), 142-148. Retrieved from
  • http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.735.1494&rep=rep1&type=p df
  • Salih, R., & Elhassan, I. (2016). Apology strategies used by Sudanese EFL learners. Journal of Humanities, 17(4), 193-203. Retrieved from
  • http://repository.sustech.edu.sd/bitstream/handle/123456789/17129/Apology%20strateg ies%20used.....pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  • Salman, Q., & Krish, P. (2016). Politeness in email communication among Syrian postgraduate students in a Malaysian Public university. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 11(2), 174-198. Retrieved from http://ejournals.ukm.my/ebangi/article/view/15941/4952
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Primary Language English
Subjects Turkish Folklore
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Farida Aboud

Publication Date September 20, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Volume: 25 Issue: 97

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APA Aboud, F. (2019). Apology Strategies among EFL Postgraduate Learners. Folklor/Edebiyat, 25(97), 333-346. https://doi.org/10.22559/folklor.947

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