The realisation of request strategies among Malaysian Chinese undergraduates
The speech act of request is the most generally employed speech act in social interaction (Wang, 2011) and one of the essential areas in the field of study (Muthusamy, 2016). This study focusses on the realisation of the speech act of request in the academic context. Specifically, this paper aims to...
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| description | The speech act of request is the most generally employed speech act in social interaction (Wang, 2011) and one of the essential areas in the field of study (Muthusamy, 2016). This study focusses on the realisation of the speech act of request in the academic context. Specifically, this paper aims to address the request strategies, level of directness and request perspectives employed by the Malaysian Chinese ESL undergraduates. Written Discourse Completion Task was adapted to collect responses from 60 undergraduates at a private educational institution in the state of Johor, Malaysia. The results showed that most participants prefer query preparatory strategy at the conventionally indirect level and used the hearer-oriented perspective in most of their requests. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-1085062024-11-12T06:20:47Z http://eprints.utm.my/108506/ The realisation of request strategies among Malaysian Chinese undergraduates Gan Michelle, Gan Michelle Manivannan, Marsha Lavania H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) The speech act of request is the most generally employed speech act in social interaction (Wang, 2011) and one of the essential areas in the field of study (Muthusamy, 2016). This study focusses on the realisation of the speech act of request in the academic context. Specifically, this paper aims to address the request strategies, level of directness and request perspectives employed by the Malaysian Chinese ESL undergraduates. Written Discourse Completion Task was adapted to collect responses from 60 undergraduates at a private educational institution in the state of Johor, Malaysia. The results showed that most participants prefer query preparatory strategy at the conventionally indirect level and used the hearer-oriented perspective in most of their requests. Penerbit UTM Press 2023-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/108506/1/MarshaLavania2023_TheRealisationofRequestStrategiesamongMalaysian.pdf Gan Michelle, Gan Michelle and Manivannan, Marsha Lavania (2023) The realisation of request strategies among Malaysian Chinese undergraduates. LSP International Journal, 10 (1). pp. 39-50. ISSN 2601-002X http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/lspi.v10.19223 DOI:10.11113/lspi.v10.19223 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) Gan Michelle, Gan Michelle Manivannan, Marsha Lavania The realisation of request strategies among Malaysian Chinese undergraduates |
| title | The realisation of request strategies among Malaysian Chinese undergraduates |
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| title_short | The realisation of request strategies among Malaysian Chinese undergraduates |
| title_sort | realisation of request strategies among malaysian chinese undergraduates |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) |
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