Refusal Strategies Used by American Speakers and Indonesian Learners of English

Sartika Sartika,Sri Marmanto,Iwan Jazadi,Endang Fauziati

doi:10.29408/veles.v4i1.2006

Abstract

Refusal Strategies Used by American Speakers and Indonesian Learners of English

Highlights

The pragmatic competence is crucial for language learners
Pragmatic failure leads to misunderstanding which may indicate that the speaker is rude, dishonest or unfriendly and even impolite if the listeners who come from another culture cannot understand some certain culture norms from the speaker
One of the main sources of pragmatic failure is negative pragmatic transfer in which language learners use native language pragmatic features that lead to an inappropriate form in the target language and miscommunication occurs

Summary

Introduction

The pragmatic competence is crucial for language learners. Their ability in using language properly assists them to avoid miscommunication when they converse with the native speaker of the language. 97) mentions that linguistic errors just indicate that speakers are less proficient in language. Pragmatic failure leads to misunderstanding which may indicate that the speaker is rude, dishonest or unfriendly and even impolite if the listeners who come from another culture cannot understand some certain culture norms from the speaker. One of the main sources of pragmatic failure is negative pragmatic transfer in which language learners use native language pragmatic features that lead to an inappropriate form in the target language and miscommunication occurs

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