scholarly journals A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study of Apology Strategies Employed by Iranian EFL Learners and English Native Speakers

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Efl Learners

scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INTONATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SPEECHES BY CHINESE EFL LEARNERS AND NATIVE SPEAKERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 195-203
Author(s):  
Yunjie Huang ◽  
Yizhang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Information Transmission ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Significant Research

Intonation plays an essential role in verbal communication. Besides, intonation patterns that influence information transmission in speeches have always been a significant research focus in current years. Based on Halliday's intonation systems, this study investigated the intonation features, including tonality, tonicity and tone shown in speeches of Chinese EFL learners and English native speakers. In the study, the acoustic tool Praat and Excel were employed to label the data and analyze the obtained statistics. Results indicated that Chinese students were able to use tone groups and marked tonicity to emphasize the focus of information units. However, there existed some improper and excessive use of tonality segmentation and marked tonicity. Moreover, Chinese students showed more changeable tones when delivering speeches, which might create an understanding barrier of listeners. In order to improve Chinese EFL learners' use of intonation, a more thorough comprehension of the information units, key focus and meaning of each tone is required.

scholarly journals A Corpus-Based Comparative Study of Derivational Morphemes Across ENL, ESL, EFL Learners Through ICNALE

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farukh Arslan ◽  
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Muhammad Asim Mahmood ◽  
Attia Rasool ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
English Language ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
English As Second Language ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Derivational Morphemes

This corpus-based comparative study was about morphemic derivational patterns in grammatical categories: adjective, noun and verbs in different varieties: English as native language (ENL), English as second language (ESL), and English as foreign language (EFL). This study was done on data collected from ICNALE in which learners’ data from three different varieties of English was compared. The data was tagged through CLAWS tagger and analyzed through AntConc software. In result of analysis, the frequency-based differences in the morphemic derivational patterns were observed after normalizing the data. Such differences across varieties in morphemic patterns were realized through the existence and absence of derivational morphemes. The results showed that the native speakers have higher ability of using a greater number of morphemic patterns than second and foreign language speakers of English. Due to their native like competence, they are more competent is the usage of morphemic derivational patterns. Those distinctive patterns should also be taken as pedagogical implication for second and foreign language learners of English. It can also be helpful for second and foreign language learners in achieving native like ability to use English language.

scholarly journals “Apology Accepted”: A Cross-Cultural Study of Responses to Apologies by Native Speakers of English and Chinese

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jue Wu ◽  
Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Power ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Pragmatic Competence ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Native Culture ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Native Speakers Of English

<p>This study focuses on the strategies of responding to apologies from a cross-cultural perspective. It analyzes and compares apology response (AR) strategies adopted by three groups of English native speakers (ENS), Chinese native speakers (ENS) and Chinese EFL learners for potential cross-cultural differences. Results indicate that all three groups most favor the strategy of Indirect Acceptance to show politeness when responding to apologies. Given contextual factors such as social power, social distance and severity of offence, the three groups display different patterns of AR strategies. Chinese EFL learners’ AR strategies are similar to those of Chinese native speakers, indicating the influence of native culture on their pragmatic competence.</p>

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