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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF REFUSAL SPEECH ACTS USED BY TURKISH EFL LEARNERS AND NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH
Abstract
This study aims at comparing the pragmatic competence of Turkish EFL Learners to that of native speakers of English when performing the speech acts of refusals. The study was conducted with 26 Turkish EFL Learners, who were junior year ELT students at Trakya University, and 10 Native Speakers of English. To elicit data, Discourse Completion Task was implemented and obtained data was analyzed with content analysis technique. The frequencies of formulaic refusal expressions applied by Turkish EFL Learners were compared to the ones of native speakers’ of English by means of qualitative methods. The qualitative data gathered from participants revealed that the quality of the refusal strategies uttered by Turkish EFL Learners differed significantly from those made by the native speakers of English. Besides, it is apparent that the quality of linguistic and socio-pragmatic knowledge of Turkish EFL Learners is not native-like as they do not prefer appropriate refusal strategies used by native speakers of English.
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Kaynakça
- Al-Eryani, A. A., (2007). Refusal strategies by Yemeni EFL learners. Asian EFL Journal. Vol: 9, No: 2, pp. 19-34. Austin, J.L. (1962). How to do things with words. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Bachman, L. F. (1990). Fundamental considerations in language testing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
İkinci Bir Dil Olarak İngilizce
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Aralık 2015
Gönderilme Tarihi
4 Ekim 2015
Kabul Tarihi
30 Aralık 2015
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2015 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 3