The effects of language etiquette culturally-bound expressions on EFL students at Mila University

Session

Language and Culture

Description

This paper investigates the effects of language etiquette of English on EFL Learners at Mila University. The fact is that, EFL students use language etiquette inside and outside the classroom context. However, the misuse of language etiquette creates confusion and misunderstanding between teachers and learners when using adjacency pairs during conversations inside and outside the classroom context. This paper tries to unveil the main reasons behind the thorny issue of language etiquette, and its influence on Arabic speakers of English. The assumption made here hypothesises that background knowledge of L2 is an important factor to understand language etiquette expressions. In this paper, a sample of 75 students is selected randomly from a population of 200 EFL students at the department of foreign languages, at Mila University. Then, the sample was given small conversations in which language etiquette common words, phrases and expressions are underlined, and students are required to explain their meanings. The focus of this test is on cultural-bound aspects namely: collocations, forms of address and gestures. These culturally-bound aspects are important when they are used in conversation, since the context determines the extent to which these expressions are used. The results indicate that exposure, background information and familiarity with language etiquette expressions are important factors to speak effectively and efficiently in different contexts.

Keywords:

Language etiquette, forms of address, gestures, collocations, cultural gaps

Session Chair

Trendeline Haliti

Session Co-Chair

Feride Lohaj

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-437-96-7

Location

Lipjan, Kosovo

Start Date

31-10-2020 9:00 AM

End Date

31-10-2020 10:30 AM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2020.221

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The effects of language etiquette culturally-bound expressions on EFL students at Mila University

Lipjan, Kosovo

This paper investigates the effects of language etiquette of English on EFL Learners at Mila University. The fact is that, EFL students use language etiquette inside and outside the classroom context. However, the misuse of language etiquette creates confusion and misunderstanding between teachers and learners when using adjacency pairs during conversations inside and outside the classroom context. This paper tries to unveil the main reasons behind the thorny issue of language etiquette, and its influence on Arabic speakers of English. The assumption made here hypothesises that background knowledge of L2 is an important factor to understand language etiquette expressions. In this paper, a sample of 75 students is selected randomly from a population of 200 EFL students at the department of foreign languages, at Mila University. Then, the sample was given small conversations in which language etiquette common words, phrases and expressions are underlined, and students are required to explain their meanings. The focus of this test is on cultural-bound aspects namely: collocations, forms of address and gestures. These culturally-bound aspects are important when they are used in conversation, since the context determines the extent to which these expressions are used. The results indicate that exposure, background information and familiarity with language etiquette expressions are important factors to speak effectively and efficiently in different contexts.