PE 147

A Comparative Study of Expressive Speech Acts (Apologies, Complaints and Compliments): A Case Study of Persian Native Speakers and EFL Learners

كارشناسي ارشد

زبان و ادبيات انگليسي گرايش آموزش زبان انگليسي

پيام نور رشت

94/04/24

107ص.

درجه ارزشيابي:خوب

شهين شيخ

فريدون وحداني

Critical discourse analysis , speech act , expressive speech act , pragmatics , discourse completion task

شيخ،شهين،راهنما , وحداني،فريدون،مشاور

Speaking to others is a social activity.Many people who communicate across linguistic and cultural boundaries have experienced communication breakdowns with people from different first language (L1) backgrounds.Language pedagogy, therefore, should promote language learners’ pragmatic awareness and competence in the target language, especially in terms of emphasis on one of the significant pragmatic features and speech acts. Speech acts are not an easy matter in one’s own language, and having to do them in a second or foreign language is even more complicated. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine the differences and similarities between Persian and English concerning the way speakers use expressive speech acts in these languages. Meanwhile, the study investigated the influence of gender on using expressive speech acts. The participants of the study included 50 Persian native speakers, 50 EFL learners, and 50 English native speakers from the Marefat language institute in Tehran, and the high school students of Tehran. Discourse Completion Tasks (DTC) were used for collecting pragmatic data about apology, complaint, and compliment speech acts. The three groups of Persian Native Speakers, EFL learners and English Native speakers used a variety of expressive speech acts and the similarities and differences between the uses of speech acts were identified and discussed. Also, results showed that gender does not have a significant impact on the use of expressive speech acts. Results suggest that language teachers should examine learners’ needs considering the understanding and production of speech acts in the target language. Learners should be made aware of native speakersʹ usage of thevariety of expressions to realize a certain function, depending on the situation where they are used.

99/10/16

منتخبي

61551