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Factors influencing successful use of speech act strategies, Name:…
Factors influencing successful use of speech act strategies
Learner characteristics
Language aptitude
Learners with a predisposition could have an easier time with Romance languages.
Style preferences
Using certain strategies may be easier for those with
a style preference that caters to those strategies.
Gender
Women may be expected to use a different set of politeness from man in certain societies.
Personality
Introverts and extroverts studnets learn in a different way.
Age
The teacher could talk up pragmatics strategies with young learners
The context for language use
Depending on the tasks they encounter,
other less mainstream situations will emerge as important.
If L2 learners are backpacking across a country, then they may need to learn
the strategies that are appropriate for hitchhiking in that culture.
Learners will acquire the speech acts that they come in contact with the most.
They need to deal with forms of greetings and leave-takings, and with requests immediately
learners may have such limited access to a particular speech acts situation
An L2 user may
not know what to do or say at a funeral
In such sitiations, the learner should relate in the L1.
The nature of the task
Not all tasks involving pragmatics are created equal.
Some are more demanding than others, depending on factors such as similarities and differences between the L1 and the L2.
Depending on the culture of the listerner, the speaker will have to adjust the speech act.
Name: Verónica Toalongo Ochoa.