Apology strategies used by Sudanese EFL learners
Joint Authors
Salih, Rasha Muhammad al-Bashir
al-Hasan, Ishraqah Bashir Muhammad
Source
Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities
Issue
Vol. 17, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.193-203, 11 p.
Publisher
Sudan University of Science and Technology Deanship of Scientific Research
Publication Date
2016-12-31
Country of Publication
Sudan
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
Many studies have focused on linguistic politeness mainly apology Most of them were conducted on ESL learners and few of them on EFL learners mainly in the Middle East and the Sudan.
This study is an attempt to bridge the gap on this area of study and to outline the most commonly used apology strategies by Sudanese EFL learners.
Multiple Choice Discourse Completion Test (MDCT) is used as a tool for collecting data, where the test taker is required to choose the correct response (the key) from several given options.
The stem and distractors include fifteen different scenarios and six alternatives.
Sixty informants have been randomly selected from 2015-016 ,4th and 3rd year English language students at Education College at Sudan university of Science and Technology .To be more representative, the data was analyzed using the SPSS software.
After analyzing the data the researcher has found out that most of the Sudanese EFL learners use apology strategies.
Most of the Sudanese EFL learners prefer to use offer of repair as an apology strategy.
More studies could be done to find out why do Sudanese EFL learners prefer to use (an offer of repair) as an apology strategy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Salih, Rasha Muhammad al-Bashir& al-Hasan, Ishraqah Bashir Muhammad. 2016. Apology strategies used by Sudanese EFL learners. Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities،Vol. 17, no. 4, pp.193-203.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-754223
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Salih, Rasha Muhammad al-Bashir& al-Hasan, Ishraqah Bashir Muhammad. Apology strategies used by Sudanese EFL learners. Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities Vol. 17, no. 4 (Dec. 2016), pp.193-203.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-754223
American Medical Association (AMA)
Salih, Rasha Muhammad al-Bashir& al-Hasan, Ishraqah Bashir Muhammad. Apology strategies used by Sudanese EFL learners. Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities. 2016. Vol. 17, no. 4, pp.193-203.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-754223
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 202-203
Record ID
BIM-754223