... Moreover, most ofthe students taking part in answering questionnaire did not suggest any ways to improve culture contents in thecourse books Finally, the analysis ofcoursebook contents is just subjective ... choose first year students because first year students were the direct ones using thecoursebook NEF Pre so they took a balanced view ofthe cultural contents in this coursebook Besides, the ... the semantic and the pragmatic sense They can be seen in the Figure 1.2.1 Culture The Aesthetic The Sociological Sense Sense The Semantic Sense The Pragmatic Sense Figure 1.2.1: Four Senses of...
... categories of politeness strategies Based on the result, the author evaluates the samples 25 and then provides discussions and findings The result of this study will be presented based on the statistics ... is the central partof their theory A set of possible strategies to minimize risk of losing face is suggested by these two authors The choice ofthe strategies will be performed on the basic of ... the findings and discussions in this part are related to politeness strategies expressed in those types of speech acts The table below presents the statistics of each strategy expressed in each...
... reading of publications Discussion with students Design ofthe study This study includes the following three parts: Part is the introduction which presents the rationale, aims ofthe study, scope of ... is also used as often as “Be pessimistic” This reflects the relationship between S and H in which S has a lower social status than H, for instance, H is a customer and S is an assistant; H is ... communications Pie Chart The frequency of positive politeness strategies in terms ofthe relationships between the participants The pie-chart shows that in the book, in using positive politeness strategies,...
... specific categories of politeness strategies Based on the result, the author analyzed the data and then provided discussions and findings .The result of this study was presented based on the statistics ... conversations At the end of this chapter, a further discussion on those findings with regard to those ofthe previous studies will be offered 3.2 Findings The result ofthe statistical process offered ... discription ofthe use of politeness stratagies above indicate that the use of certain types of politeness strategies can be affected by the purpose ofthe utterances or the kinds of acts Whereas the...
... parts: Part I is the opening ofthe study which includes the rationale, the aims ofthe study, the research questions, the scopes, the methods ofthe study Part II is the main partofthe study ... conversations in English The thesis lists three most popular politeness theories: Politeness rules of Lakoff, Politeness principles maxims of Leech and Politeness strategies of Brown and Levinson The ... methods are: Reference to publications, Discussion with the supervisor, Discussion with colleagues, Discussion with students, Personal observation Design ofthe study The study is divided into parts:...
... Discourse and discourse analysis 1.1.1 Discourse 1.1 Discourse and discourse analysis 1.1.1 Discourse 1.1.2 Discourse and Text 1.1.3 Spoken and written discourse 1.1.4 Discourse Analysis 1.1.5 Discourse ... data analysis The subjects ofthe study The six texts studied in this thesis are extracted from six units ofthecoursebook EBS which are included in the ESP course level 2, thecourse designed ... texts? What are the overall features of BE discourses in terms of lexical cohesion? Methods ofthe study The study uses description, analysis and statistics research methods to achieve the research...
... reasons have encouraged the researcher to work on this study with the objectives of gaining insights into the positive and negative politeness strategies in the conversations ofthecoursebook ... effective use of this coursebook series in teaching, the author ofthe present study has had strong desire for chances of conducting anin-depth study on these books‟ communicative approach All the ... in the conversations ofthecoursebook selected The second aim the study expected to achieve is to provide teachers with some suggestions for the effective teaching of polite strategies in the...
... the theories of Speech acts and politeness Then, we use analysis method to analyze the collected data Designs ofthe study The thesis consists of three parts: Part I: Introduction discusses the ... strategies in requests in thecoursebookThe chart 3.2 shows the results of positive politeness strategies of requests used in thecoursebook There are strategies of positive politeness in 220 ... politeness strategies are used in requests in thecourse book? - Which politeness strategies are used more in requests in thecourse book? Scope ofthe study The study focuses on the politeness strategies...
... the number of businesses, the number of employees, the annual receipts and payroll of these businesses There is readily accessible data from the SBO about business owners who are Hispanic, Asian, ... small business owners with grocery stores (49 percent) [Figure 7.] Many of these are smaller businesses, yet it is striking how much many ofthe types of businesses on this list—restaurants, grocery ... 24.] The smallest immigrant share of small business owners is, not surprisingly, in the states with the smallest immigrant share of population and labor force The states with the lowest share of...
... discourse of EC In order to analyze a discourse, it is necessary to look into the disciplines of Discourse Analysis 1.2.1.4 Discourse Analysis Discourse analysis is the study ofthe relationship ... of words, repetition of phrases also makes the coherence ofthe texts Repetition of phrases appears quite often in written discourses of EC The most often phrase found in written discourses of ... ellipsis in the six EC reading texts, that means propositional ellipsis also 31 marks zero in this type of discourse Therefore, clausal ellipsis is totally absent from the six written discourses of...
... 3: The benefits ofthe OLP to students Chart 4: The results of pre-test of CĐT2 Chart 5: The results of pre-test of CK1 Chart 6: The results of pre-test of QTDLKS1 Chart 7: The results of post-test ... post-test of CĐT2 Chart 8: The results of post-test of CK1 Chart 9: The results of post-test of QTDLKS1 Chart 10: The results of pre-test and post-test of CĐT2 Chart 11: The results of pre-test and ... the effectiveness ofthe OLP as partofthe English course to second-year non-English major students In other words, this program is partofthe blended learning English course for students of...
... recommendations ofthe study Part C comes up with the summary ofthe study in which limitations ofthe study and suggestions for further research are also presented References Alderson, J.C (2000) Assessing ... this study 1 What are the teachers‟ and the students‟ evaluations ofthe textbook Business Basics? What are the teachers‟ and the students‟ expectations of supplementary reading materials? Methodology ... students towards the textbook Business Basics, which is currently used by the second year students at Bac Ha College of Technology - To examine the teachers‟ and the students‟ expectations of supplementary...
... devices which are used in written discourses of EC 2 The texts used for this study are taken from the EC coursebook used for second year students in Faculty of Chemistry at HNUE Thecoursebook ... lexical cohesive devices AIMS OFTHE STUDY The aims ofthe study are: - giving an overview of theoretical background of discourse and discourse analysis; cohesion, coherence and cohesive devices; concept ... gives the theoretical background ofthe study with the theories related to three main sections: discourse and discourse analysis, cohesion and coherence, ESP - Chapter 2: provides an analysis of...
... offers conclusions and limitation ofthe study Moreover, it states suggestions for further study 4 PART II: DEVELOPMENT This part consists of three chapters The first chapter presents the basic theories ... teacher s classroom techniques, improving teaching facilities and resources, and adapting the LC ofthecoursebook “Head for Business” These suggestions are also the answer to the second research ... business environment on completion of their studies, but it is also suitable for in-work professionals “Head for Business” provides students with the relevant specialist language and professional...