This study investigated the relationship between cultural intelligence and the use of expressions of gratitude among Iranian upper intermediate EFL learners. 50 upper intermediate learners were selected through purposive sampling, with their proficiency level being controlled. A discourse completion test (DCT) for the expressions of gratitude and a cultural intelligence scale were given to the ...

This qualitative research aims to find out the strategies used by students in giving and receiving compliments. The participants were graduate of English language education at Syiah Kuala University. In collecting data, researcher Discourse Completion Task (Henceforth called DCT) framework Xiang (2013). carried an interview adapted from Fattah (2020) elicit participants’ understanding conveying...

the process of globalization entails the acquisition of a construct, cultural intelligence, with which efl students can function appropriately in intercultural situations. this study was, first, intended to find the relationship between cultural intelligence and the use of expressions of gratitude by iranian efl learners. second, it sought to determine whether there were any significant differe...

this study investigated iranian english language learners’ use of circumlocution for culture-specific referents. a discourse completion test (dct) was designed in english and persian, consisting of items dealing with iranian culture-specific notions and distributed among 3 groups. the persian language group received the persian version, whereas the english language learners, divided into high a...

The process of globalization entails the acquisition of a construct, cultural intelligence, with which EFL students can function appropriately in intercultural situations. This study was, first, intended to find the relationship between cultural intelligence and the use of expressions of gratitude by Iranian EFL learners. Second, it sought to determine whether there were any significant differe...

This study aimed to examine cross-cultural differences in performing refusal of requests between Persian native speakers (PNSs) and English native speakers (ENSs) in terms of the frequency of the semantic formulas. Also examined in this study was whether Persian EFL learners would transfer their L1 refusal patterns into the L2, and if there would be a relation between their proficiency level an...

The study compares how native speakers of German from the area Innsbruck (Austria) and Italian Rome (Italy) perceive communicative act backing out an invitation for dinner at last minute, in a situation low social distance. purpose is twofold: to shed light on orientation Austrian languages/cultures terms linguistic politeness, expand empirical cross-cultural research less-commonly investigated...

The aim of this study is to investigate the speech act persuasion used by Saudis learning English as a foreign language (EFL). Moreover, I seek explore differences between genders in use these strategies. participants are 50 males and females at level 7 their bachelor’s degree English. Data collected using Discourse Completion Test (DCT) method, which contains six scenarios similar real-life si...

This study investigated Iranian English language learners’ use of circumlocution for culture-specific referents. A discourse completion test (DCT) was designed in English and Persian, consisting of items dealing with Iranian culture-specific notions and distributed among 3 groups. The Persian language group received the Persian version, whereas the English language learners, divided into high a...

Speech acts composes a big part of language; it is one the bases pragmatics, can be defined as use language to make things happen in world. The aim study investigate strategies speech act criticism Kurdish. One hundred twenty undergraduate native Kurdish speaking students were selected sample for study. different majors, sexes and social classes. Discourse Completion Test (DCT) approach adopted...