Realisation of remorse in EFL teachers: a cross-sectional interlanguage pragmatics studyage Pragmatics: A Cross-Sectional Study on the Realization of Remorse in a Group of Chilean Spanish-Speaking EFL Teachers.

The present cross-sectional study centres on interlanguage pragmatics and seeks to determine the manner in which a group of thirteen Chilean Spanish speaking teachers English express remorse English, comparison with native speakers language. This pursues ascertain differences and/ or similarities terms linguistic expressions used, grammatical structures, cultural authenticity. data was gathered by means Discourse Completion Task (DCT) containing fifteen situational prompts that elicit both groups speakers. To establish whether authenticity varies, i.e., if participants would utilise similar responses everyday situations, three-question questionnaire attached some situations. findings show quite similarly utterances structures but vary greatly when it comes authenticity; many first did not use swearing words said they have real situation. may contribute better understanding how is uttered one its results coding scheme for most utilised realisations remorse.