Corrective strategies of Iraqi learners of foreign languages

Other Title(s)

ستراتيجيات التصحيح لدى متعلمي اللغات الأجنبية العراقيين

Joint Authors

Jabr, Bushra Tahir
Mahdi, Wafa Sahib

Source

Journal of University of Babylon for Humanities

Issue

Vol. 29, Issue 4 (30 Apr. 2021), pp.180-201, 22 p.

Publisher

University of Babylon

Publication Date

2021-04-30

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

22

Main Subjects

Languages & Comparative Literature

Abstract EN

Communications in a foreign language entail knowledge of formal and functional aspects.

The formal levels of morphology, syntax and semantics have been focused on whereas the functional one has not usually been given its due concern.

As such, learners may resort to their native language reservoir to communicate and convey meanings in the foreign language.

This paper endeavors to find out if the Iraqi learners of foreign languages (Turkish and English) are aware of the pragmatic level of linguistic analysis.

More specifically, it tries to specify the linguistic realizations of the speech act of correction.

It sets for itself the task of answering the following question: what are the corrective strategies those learners may utilize to realize the speech act of correction in terms of power- status differences? Various strategies are hypothesized to be found whether direct or indirect.

To achieve the aim and test the hypothesis, a discourse completion test is delivered to forty learners of each language at the College of Languages, University of Baghdad for the academic year 2019-2020 to elicit these strategies.

The analysis manifests explicit and implicit strategies which verifies the set hypothesis.

This study is hoped to be valuable for those interested in pragmatic research and teaching foreign languages.-

American Psychological Association (APA)

Mahdi, Wafa Sahib& Jabr, Bushra Tahir. 2021. Corrective strategies of Iraqi learners of foreign languages. Journal of University of Babylon for Humanities،Vol. 29, no. 4, pp.180-201.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1265882

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Mahdi, Wafa Sahib& Jabr, Bushra Tahir. Corrective strategies of Iraqi learners of foreign languages. Journal of University of Babylon for Humanities Vol. 29, no. 4 (Apr. 2021), pp.180-201.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1265882

American Medical Association (AMA)

Mahdi, Wafa Sahib& Jabr, Bushra Tahir. Corrective strategies of Iraqi learners of foreign languages. Journal of University of Babylon for Humanities. 2021. Vol. 29, no. 4, pp.180-201.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1265882

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes appendix : p. 201

Record ID

BIM-1265882