A Comparative Study on the Interlanguage Apologies by Japanese and Chinese EFL Learners

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概要

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• The present study explored the effects of four factors (Cultural Difference, Grammatical Proficiency, Power and Distance) which are supposed to influence EFL learners' development of pragmatic competence when using apology strategies. The participants were 34 Japanese university students and 87 Chinese university students. A grammar proficiency test and a discourse completion test (DCT) were used in this study. The ANOVA results indicated that among the four factors, Power has the main effect on both Japanese and Chinese EFL learners' performance of apologies and that interaction of Cultural Difference, Power and Distance was also statistically significant. In contrast, grammar proficiency was shown to have no clear relationship with EFL learners' pragmatic performance in both groups. Japanese and Chinese EFL learners showed other similarities and differences in the specific use of apology strategies and possible reasons are discussed. It was suggested that the teaching of intercultural competence in the EFL environment will help to prevent a breakdown in cross-cultural communication and more model conversations covering all variables and situations should be provided in English textbooks.

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著者

• Walker Nicholas

  Yasuda Women's University

• Jing Wang

  Graduate School Hiroshima University

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