Abstract
PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the impact of social networks on learning requests by Arab undergraduate EFL students.Design/methodology/approachFurthermore, both types of requests (i.e. direct and indirect) have been compared under the same condition. A total of 40 Saudi EFL learners participated in this study. Their scores in the pre-test and post-test were compared.FindingsResults of the post-tests indicated that the experimental groups' performance significantly outscored the control groups. However, no significant difference was reported between the two experimental groups (i.e. direct and indirect).Originality/valueRequests, as a component of pragmatics, have been investigated extensively in the literature to aid second/foreign language learning. However, little is known about the manner by which social networks could foster learning requests.
Highlights
The speech act of request is one of the performative speech acts usually practised by a speaker to convey a message to the hearers asking them verbally to do something, either politely or impolitely, directly or indirectly. Nelson, Carson, Batal, and Bakary (2002) defines the speech act of request as a polite demand made by a requester asking for a favor of the other person
Participants were divided into four groups: Group 1 – Experimental Direct Request (E-DR) using social networking tools (N 5 10); Group 2 – Experimental Indirect Request (E-IR) using social networking tools (N 5 10); Group 3 – Control Direct Request (C-DR) (N 5 10); and, Group 4 – Control Indirect Request (C-IR) (N 5 10)
The One way ANOVA of the post-test scores were conducted to examine the effect of Social Networking tools on learning requests
Summary
The speech act of request is one of the performative speech acts usually practised by a speaker to convey a message to the hearers asking them verbally to do something, either politely or impolitely, directly or indirectly. Nelson, Carson, Batal, and Bakary (2002) defines the speech act of request as a polite demand made by a requester asking for a favor of the other person. Nelson, Carson, Batal, and Bakary (2002) defines the speech act of request as a polite demand made by a requester asking for a favor of the other person. This kind of speech act may be a request for a non-verbal activity, i.e. a request for services, or a request for a verbal activity, i.e. a request for information. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode
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