A Cross-Cultural Study of Iranian EFL Learners and Native Speakers of English Perceptions of Impoliteness in Apologies: The Role of Language Proficiency and Gender

نوع مقاله : مقاله علمی پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشیار آموزش زبان انگلیسی، گروه زبان و ادبیات انگلیسی، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران

2 دانشجوی دکتری زبانشناسی کاربردی، گروه زبان های مدرن و مطالعات فرهنگی، دانشگاه آلبرتا، ادمونتون، آلبرتا، کانادا

چکیده

This study investigated the extent to which Iranian English language learners’ proficiency (B1 and B2) and gender influence their perceptions of impoliteness in situations requiring an apology. It also examined potential differences in the use of apology strategies between Iranian EFL learners and native English speakers. A total of 122 Iranian language learners and 31 native speakers of English participated in the study by completing an eight-item Discourse Completion Task (DCT) designed to elicit evaluations of apology scenarios and strategy preferences. Statistical analyses revealed case-specific differences across scenarios; however, no overall significant difference was found between B1 and B2 learners in their perception of impoliteness compared to native English speakers. Similarly, gender did not exert a statistically significant effect on participants’ judgments. A comparative analysis further showed that learners and native English speakers employed largely similar apology strategies across contexts. These findings suggest that language learners' perceptions of impoliteness may not strongly depend on proficiency level or gender. These findings carry pedagogical implications for classroom instruction, particularly the need for early, explicit, and context-sensitive instruction that goes beyond linguistic forms to address how factors such as power, social distance, and imposition shape evaluations of impoliteness.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

A Cross-Cultural Study of Iranian EFL Learners and Native Speakers of English Perceptions of Impoliteness in Apologies: The Role of Language Proficiency and Gender

نویسندگان [English]

  • Mohammad Reza Anani Sarab 1
  • Amir Hossein Firoozkohi 2
1 Associate Professor of TEFL, Department of English Language & Literature, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics, Department of Modern Languages & Cultural Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
چکیده [English]

This study investigated the extent to which Iranian English language learners’ proficiency (B1 and B2) and gender influence their perceptions of impoliteness in situations requiring an apology. It also examined potential differences in the use of apology strategies between Iranian EFL learners and native English speakers. A total of 122 Iranian language learners and 31 native speakers of English participated in the study by completing an eight-item Discourse Completion Task (DCT) designed to elicit evaluations of apology scenarios and strategy preferences. Statistical analyses revealed case-specific differences across scenarios; however, no overall significant difference was found between B1 and B2 learners in their perception of impoliteness compared to native English speakers. Similarly, gender did not exert a statistically significant effect on participants’ judgments. A comparative analysis further showed that learners and native English speakers employed largely similar apology strategies across contexts. These findings suggest that language learners' perceptions of impoliteness may not strongly depend on proficiency level or gender. These findings carry pedagogical implications for classroom instruction, particularly the need for early, explicit, and context-sensitive instruction that goes beyond linguistic forms to address how factors such as power, social distance, and imposition shape evaluations of impoliteness.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • intercultural pragmatics
  • impoliteness
  • language proficiency
  • apology strategies
  • gender
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