REFUSAL STRATEGIES IN ENGLISH AMONG MALAY ESL STUDENTS
REFUSAL STRATEGIES IN ENGLISH AMONG MALAY ESL STUDENTS
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马来语 ESL 学生的英语拒绝策略
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2017
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Nabilah Badarus Salleh
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Suraya Amirrudin;Nabilah Badarus Salleh
良好的沟通不仅需要语言知识，还需要对情境中的社会和文化因素的理解。对拒绝策略的研究并不新鲜。许多关于英语中拒绝的研究都集中在西方语言上。本研究旨在探讨马来西亚马来大学学生使用拒绝策略作为一种言语行为。具体来说，这项研究着眼于拒绝策略的性别差异，以及对权力距离拒绝的最具揭示性的社会策略。本研究采用定量方法，以调查为研究设计。参与者包括43名正在攻读学士学位课程的马来西亚学生（20名男性和23名女性）。通过语篇完成任务（DCT）收集数据。收集的所有数据均采用Mann-Whitney U检验和Kruskal-Wallis H检验进行分析。研究结果表明，马来语英语作为第二语言（ESL）学生使用的间接策略多于直接策略。间接策略的使用频率较高，说明被试意识到间接策略的使用降低了拒绝言语行为的颜面威胁效应。
Good communication requires not only linguistic knowledge, but also an understanding of social and cultural factors in a situation. Studies on refusal strategies are not new. Many studies relating to refusals in English were focusing on western languages. The present study was an attempt to explore the use of refusal strategies as a speech act by Malay university students in Malaysia. Specifically, the study was looking at gender differences in refusal strategies and the most revealing social strategies in response to refusals used for power distance. The study employed a quantitative approach with survey as its research design. The participants consisted of 43 Malaysian students, (20 males and 23 females), studying in their bachelor degree programmes. Data was collected through a Discourse Completion Task (DCT). All data collected were analysed by Mann-Whitney U Test and the Kruskal-Wallis H test. The findings showed that the Malay English as a Second Language (ESL) students employed more indirect strategies compared to the direct strategies. The high frequency in use of indirect strategies demonstrates that the subjects were aware of the fact that the use of the indirect strategies lessens the face-threatening effect of the speech act of refusal.