Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted Underuse of Pragmatic Markers among Non-native English Speakers: Causes and Suggestions for Interventions(Wright State University, 2024-04-25) Alqahtani, Arwa Abdullah S; Cai, Shengrong; Haught, John R.; Lake, Crystal B.Pragmatic markers (PMs)—those optional markers used in conversations to facilitate communication—have been gaining attention among researchers in the field of pragmatics in the past three decades or so. Proper use of PMs contributes to the success of any interaction in real-life conversations. However, they are often underused by non-native English speakers (NNSs). This paper critically reviews the existing research literature to investigate the causes of the underuse of PMs among NNSs, focusing on linguistic and extralinguistic factors that might contribute to the limited use of PMs. The findings of this study show that the distinctive nature of pragmatic development in the first and second languages, lack of instructions on PMs, limited exposure to the target language, and the NNSs' level of proficiency are the main linguistic issues that arise during pragmatic development. Gender and age, as non-linguistic factors, also limit the use of PMs. These findings suggest that linguistic and extralinguistic factors constrain the use of PMs in NNSs’ speech. Based on the findings, suggestions for interventions are offered for language educators to better integrate PM use in ESL/EFL teaching.25 0Item Restricted The bi-directional pragmatic transfer of the invitation speech act between Arabic and English in EFL bilingual students(Saudi Digital Library, 2023-03-01) Alzamil, Homoud Salih; Durrant, Philip; Abdollahzadeh, EsmaeelThe study investigates the relation between the phenomenon of pragmatic transfer/failure (Arabic and English) and factors of the amount of L2 social contact, bilingual users' location, and users' strategy to practice English (L2). The first phase was interviewing and conducting role plays for both monolingual Arabic and English groups to explore social practices, pragmatic patterns, and utterances when inviting or invited. An invitation taxonomy and pragmatic patterns were created in this phase about Arabic and English genuine and ostensible invitations. The second phase was relying on these explored similarities and differences between monolingual groups to design a multiple choice DCT (in Arabic and English) and test the performance of monolingual and bilingual participants in the speech act of inviting and replying to invitations. A mathematical equation was introduced to analyse the similarities and differences between monolingual and bilingual choices in social and pragmatic utterances and decisions, and inferential tests were run to test correlations between factors. It was found that pragmatic transfer in both directions happened in EFL settings even for participants who lived in villages which suggested there was no significance for the bilingual location inside or outside the city. Additionally, the amount of social contact in L2 was a significant factor that correlated with the pragmatic transfer in both directions. These findings can be related to in the fields of second language acquisition, pedagogy, and curriculum designing. The findings highlighted the possible effective role that internet and social media can play in improving L2 users’ pragmatic competence.52 0Item Restricted Pragmatic Elements In EFL Learners’ Request E-mails To Teachers: A Study Of Learners’ Communicative Success(2023-05-13) Kuriri, Hamzah Ahmad A; Trentman, EmmaLanguage is a tool for communication. People use it when they converse with each other. One way to comprehend what is being said is based on understating the intended meanings of the conversation, or what is called the underlined meanings (pragmatics). Pragmatic studies how different meanings are conveyed, depending on the utterances provided. A case study to investigate the phenomenon of pragmatics is selected as the methodology to specifically examine English as a foreign language (EFL) instructors’ perceptions of EFL students’ e-mails sent to their instructors. Qualitative methods are used to examine data for a period of almost three months (October, November, and December of 2022). Academic Saudi EFL staff at Jazan University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are selected as participants in this single case study. Interviews, observations while the participants are interviewed, and review contexts (i.e., formality, directness, and politeness of EFL students’ e-mails) are used to collect data during that period. Suggestions for instructions, limitations, and future research are presented.37 0