This study investigated the common gratitude strategies in different situations, which permeated indebtedness as a way of shaping pre-service teachers' identity. Using 15-item Discourse Completion Test (DCT), 22 teachers Province Cavite, Philippines participated this study. An informal interview was conducted to validate gathered data from instrument used. The analysis done through use Cheng's ...

Abstract This study aims to explore the use of euphemistic strategies by Algerians and Americans when dealing with three unpleasant topics: death, lying, disease. It also examines effect degree formality on strategies. To achieve this objective, a discourse completion task (DCT) was distributed 21 Americans. The data were analysed using SPSS. analysis revealed that there are some differences si...

Compliment response is among the most common speech acts used in everyday conversations. Recipients’ responses to compliments differ depending on distinct social variables, including power, degree of intimacy, distance, culture and gender. The current study investigates Responses (henceforth, CRs) Moroccan male female EFL learners based four topics (ability, character, possession appearance). T...

Veryfew attempts have been made in the past to develop instruments to measure pragmatic knowledge of second language (L2) learners. The absence of such instruments in the literature of English language teaching (ELT) underscores the need for the researchers to develop new tests that are specifically designed to assess this crucial but less explored aspect of language learners’ (LLs) knowledge. ...

l2 research has shown that instruction in l2 pragmatics is necessary. the current study evaluated the impact of explicit instruction on efl learner's awareness and production of three speech acts of request, apology, and complaint. it also probed whether learners’ language proficiency plays any role in incorporating pragmatic instruction into the l2 classroom. iranian undergraduate students maj...

l2 research has shown that instruction in l2 pragmatics is necessary. the current study evaluated the impact of explicit instruction on efl learner's awareness and production of three speech acts of request, apology, and complaint. it also probed whether learners’ language proficiency plays any role in incorporating pragmatic instruction into the l2 classroom. iranian undergraduate student...

This study investigated the effects of a 16-week reading instruction program with discourse structure graphic organizers (DSGOs) on the development of English reading comprehension among college-level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. A total of 340 first and third semester students of non-English majors at a Chinese university participated in this study. A DSGO completion test and ...

Abstract The formulation of requests has been widely studied in pragmatics, both within a (variety of) language and from contrastive perspective. In this study, we will show the specific role alerters (elements that precede request head act serve to get attention hearer on request) formulation, comparing L1 speakers Spanish L2 with French Discourse Completion Tests Naturalised Interactions. doi...