Romanian Second Language Learners of English Requests and Apologies
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| Title | Romanian Second Language Learners of English Requests and Apologies |
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| Abstract | Despite the wealth of literature generated over the past three decades on requests and apologies as a speech act, cross-cultural requests and apologies have been neglected as a research topic in the international press. This cross-sectional mixed method study was designed to examine requests and apologies with the long-term goal of designing a valid teaching application for the ESL and EFL teachers. There were 80 participants that included male and female students within the first through seventh grade population of the International School of Cluj-Napoca, Romania (ISC). Data was collected within the Modified Cartoon Oral Production Tools (MCOPT), which includes 16 cartoon drawings depicting situations in which two characters interact. The research data was gathered in a heterogeneous and a typical setting within north western Romania. The resulting analysis is that the sophistication of speech acts increases with age more than with length of study. |
| Publisher | ACADEMY PUBLISHER |
| Date | 2012-02-01 |
| Source | Theory and Practice in Language Studies Vol 2, No 2 (2012) |
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