Analysis of appropriateness in a speech act of request in L2 English

Fifty-nine Japanese college students of English at two different proficiency levels were evaluated for their ability to produce a speech act request in spoken role play task. Learners’ production was analyzed quantitatively by rating performance on six-point scale overall appropriateness, as well qualitatively identifying the directness linguistic expressions used requests. Results revealed significant L2 influence but only marginal difference types between groups. Moreover, grammatical and discourse control encoded seemed have affected quality acts.