How EFL Learners from China and ASEAN Countries Politely Express Disagreement in an English Context:A Comparative Study

• 作者: Di Qu Fang He Shu Zhang
• 来源期刊: 教育研究前沿:中英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: DISAGREEMENT Politeness Strategies Social Distance GENDER ASEAN EFL Learners
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（4）
• 页码范围: 275-281
• 页数: 7页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

This paper aims to make a comparative study of cross-cultural communication upon a special speech act-"disagreement".38 undergraduates from China and 30 undergraduates from ASEAN countries were involved.They responded to the DCT(discourse completion test).Five contexts were selected and detailed descriptions of the scenarios were given.Social distance and gender were selected as the main variants in this study.From the results,we found that both groups of undergraduates generally ten d to use the same politeness strategies according to the same social distance,but gender was a more significant factor in politeness strategies adoption among EFL learners from ASEAN countries.Females tend to use negative strategies more than males do.We can conclude from the results that EFL learners from China and ASEAN countries incline to adopt the same politeness strategies in English context,but females from ASEAN countries are less likely to say“no”directly to express their disagreement compared to their counterpart.Those findings may offer reference to both sides during the pragmatic occasions of communicating.