A Qualitative Inquiry into the Illocutionary Speech Acts Performed by Iranian EFL Learners in Facebook
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate speech acts performed by Iranian EFL learners on the social network of Facebook in their interaction with their teacher and with their peers in response to divergent and evaluative questions. A page was constructed for the students in order to...
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| description | The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate speech acts performed by Iranian EFL learners on the social network of Facebook in their interaction with their teacher and with their peers in response to divergent and evaluative questions. A page was constructed for the students in order to provide the opportunity for their answering divergent and evaluative questions posed by the researchers. A total of 240 comments including 1680 speech acts were collected from five EFL students during an academic semester. Content analysis of the collected data revealed that participants primarily used expressive speech acts in response to divergent questions and directive speech acts in response to evaluative questions. The results also revealed differences in using emoticons regarding the difference in power relations between the teacher and students. Further findings and implications are discussed in the paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c2eeb334b6e49afb437e2fddb2a11732023-12-11T19:14:40ZengUniversity of Sistan and BaluchestanIranian Journal of Applied Language Studies2008-54942322-36502023-04-0115110111610.22111/ijals.2023.45254.23457703A Qualitative Inquiry into the Illocutionary Speech Acts Performed by Iranian EFL Learners in FacebookAkram Ramezanzadeh0Saeed Khazaie1Mahmoodreza Moradian2Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, IranHealth Information Technology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IranDepartment of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, IranThe purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate speech acts performed by Iranian EFL learners on the social network of Facebook in their interaction with their teacher and with their peers in response to divergent and evaluative questions. A page was constructed for the students in order to provide the opportunity for their answering divergent and evaluative questions posed by the researchers. A total of 240 comments including 1680 speech acts were collected from five EFL students during an academic semester. Content analysis of the collected data revealed that participants primarily used expressive speech acts in response to divergent questions and directive speech acts in response to evaluative questions. The results also revealed differences in using emoticons regarding the difference in power relations between the teacher and students. Further findings and implications are discussed in the paper.https://ijals.usb.ac.ir/article_7703_03be6bec298c1bd7a7d1cdaa4b77f92a.pdffacebookspeech actsdivergent questionsevaluative questions |
| spellingShingle | Akram Ramezanzadeh Saeed Khazaie Mahmoodreza Moradian A Qualitative Inquiry into the Illocutionary Speech Acts Performed by Iranian EFL Learners in Facebook Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies speech acts divergent questions evaluative questions |
| title | A Qualitative Inquiry into the Illocutionary Speech Acts Performed by Iranian EFL Learners in Facebook |
| title_full | A Qualitative Inquiry into the Illocutionary Speech Acts Performed by Iranian EFL Learners in Facebook |
| title_fullStr | A Qualitative Inquiry into the Illocutionary Speech Acts Performed by Iranian EFL Learners in Facebook |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Qualitative Inquiry into the Illocutionary Speech Acts Performed by Iranian EFL Learners in Facebook |
| title_short | A Qualitative Inquiry into the Illocutionary Speech Acts Performed by Iranian EFL Learners in Facebook |
| title_sort | qualitative inquiry into the illocutionary speech acts performed by iranian efl learners in facebook |
| topic | facebook speech acts divergent questions evaluative questions |
| url | https://ijals.usb.ac.ir/article_7703_03be6bec298c1bd7a7d1cdaa4b77f92a.pdf |
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