A Sociolinguistic Investigation of Making Request Among Sudanese learners at Sudan University for Science and Technology

Abstract

This study aims to understand how advanced English language learners in Sudan employ request strategies. The study’s individuals are university-level English language learners. The testing instrument used is "discourse completion tasks". Following Blum-Kulka et al.’s (1989) classification of request methods, the participants’ replies were examined. Based on the data, conventional indirect techniques are the most utilised type of tactics in both formal and informal cases. The study recommends that advanced English language students know the sociolinguistic aspects of communicative competence, and teachers and lecturers should educate their students that Sentence forming alone cannot establish a conversation. Still, they need to know the social and cultural aspects of communication and other recommendations.