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مجلة العلوم الأساسـية, Dec 21, 2022

Maǧallaẗ kulliyyaẗ al-maʻārif al-ǧāmiʻaẗ, Dec 7, 2022

The aim of this paper is to investigate the speech acts which convey persuasion of receiving COVI... more The aim of this paper is to investigate the speech acts which convey persuasion of receiving COVID-19 vaccine, and to examine the utilization of the strategies of persuasion. Documents or written texts have been collected as a data source in the current qualitative study. The data of this study includes ten extracts drawn from public health reports that has been obtained through purposive sampling from the official site of the World health organization (WHO), medical journals and websites. Content qualitative analysis was employed depending on Bach and Harnish's (1979) Model of Speech Acts, and Breuer and Napthine's (2008) and Huggard, Leonie &, Iris's (2006) strategies of persuasion The findings indicated that the argument presented in reports on COVID-19 vaccine was developed persuasively using various persuasive strategies. The findings revealed that doctors, writers, medical organizations and journals had shown extraordinary abilities in using persuasive strategies. They tended to employ speech acts as persuasive strategies in their efforts to make their arguments more convincing to their audience. Notably, the application of speech acts and persuasive strategies was connected to the social interaction and contexts, and a reflective of the situation of pandemic and the hesitation about vaccine.

Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020

This paper is conducted to investigate how Iraqi EFL learners refuse different speech acts across... more This paper is conducted to investigate how Iraqi EFL learners refuse different speech acts across different proficiency levels. It aims to examine the most appropriate strategies used by 2nd year students of English as compared to those of 4th year when refusing their interlocutors' invitation, suggestion, and offer. WDCT questionnaire was used to collect data from 40 Iraqi undergraduate students of English: 20 2nd year and 20 4th year. Adopting Beebe et al.'s (1990) theory of refusal, data collected was analyzed quantitatively using statistical analysis. The findings revealed that the 2nd year students of English were more frequent in using direct refusals than their 4th year counterparts. This means the latter were more aware of using refusals politely than the former. On the other hand, the findings showed that 4th year students more frequent in their use of indirect refusal strategies that the 2nd year students. This indicates that the EFL learners of low proficiency lev...

Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, Jul 25, 2021

Interlanguage pragmatics seeks to investigate how the non-native speakers’ strategies and pattern... more Interlanguage pragmatics seeks to investigate how the non-native speakers’ strategies and patterns in expressing speech acts are different from or similar to those used by native speakers in academic setting. In this light, the current study contributes to the existing literature of interlanguage pragmatics by investigating the use of requests in academic setting by the Iraqi non-native speakers of English compared to that of American native speakers of English. The study comprises four objectives: 1. to compare the use of requests by the Iraqi non-native and American native speakers of English in academic setting, 2. to identify the Iraqi non-native and American native speakers of English’s use of requests in relation to power in the academic setting, 3. to identify the Iraqi non-native and American native speakers of English’s use of requests in relation to solidarity in the academic setting, and 4. to compare the Iraqi non-native and American native speakers of English’s sociopra...

Code-switching is described as the shifting that occurs between two or more languages concurrentl... more Code-switching is described as the shifting that occurs between two or more languages concurrently within one conversation. This study aims to examine the application of code-switching between Informal Iraqi Dialect (IID) and English language among Iraqi Arab speakers of English via one of the smartphone applications, namely WhatsApp Messenger (WM). The study also seeks to recognize the types of code switching and motivations among Iraqi students of English for switching from IID into English language. This research adopted a qualitative approach, which involved Fifty (50) typed conversations of twenty (20) Iraqi post-graduate students studying at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Data were collected via two instruments, dubbed WM application to gather the typed conversations and semi-structured interviews. The results obtained from the WM application indicated that the most predominant type of code-switching (CS) used by the participants was intra-sentential CS, especially the intra...

The current paper seeks to investigate how gender influences the use of requests among University... more The current paper seeks to investigate how gender influences the use of requests among University students. The paper's aim is to examine the use of requests by Iraqi male-female undergraduate students of English in the academic setting. A written Discourse Completion Task questionnaire was used to gather data from 20 male and 20 female undergraduate students of English identified via random sampling. Schuaer's (2009) taxonomy was employed to analyse data. The findings indicated that females used more conventionally indirect requests than males in the academic setting. In this regard, they would inform English language instructors on teaching the most appropriate strategies of polite requests in the academic discourse.

The current paper seeks to investigate how gender influences the use of requests among University... more The current paper seeks to investigate how gender influences the use of requests among University students. The paper's aim is to examine the use of requests by Iraqi male-female undergraduate students of English in the academic setting. A written Discourse Completion Task questionnaire was used to gather data from 20 male and 20 female undergraduate students of English identified via random sampling. Schuaer's (2009) taxonomy was employed to analyse data. The findings indicated that females used more conventionally indirect requests than males in the academic setting. In this regard, they would inform English language instructors on teaching the most appropriate strategies of polite requests in the academic discourse.

Pertanika Journal, 2019

majority of the Iraqi students are inclined to code-switch to English language in smaller parts w... more majority of the Iraqi students are inclined to code-switch to English language in smaller parts within the word boundary. The analysis of the interview data disclosed three motivations for the application of code-switching, namely linguistic, technological, and political factors. ABSTRACT Code-switching is described as the shifting that occurs between two or more languages concurrently within one conversation. This study aims to examine the application of code-switching between Informal Iraqi Dialect (IID) and English language among Iraqi Arab speakers of English via one of the smartphone applications, namely WhatsApp Messenger (WM). The study also seeks to recognize the types of code switching and motivations among Iraqi students of English for switching from IID into English language. This research adopted a qualitative approach, which involved Fifty (50) typed conversations of twenty (20) Iraqi postgraduate students studying at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Data were collected via two instruments, dubbed WM application to gather the typed conversations and semi-structured interviews. The results obtained from the WM application indicated that the most predominant type of code-switching (CS) used by the participants was intra-sentential CS, especially the intra-lexical code-switching. The findings suggest that the

مجلة العلوم الأساسـية, Dec 21, 2022

Maǧallaẗ kulliyyaẗ al-maʻārif al-ǧāmiʻaẗ, Dec 7, 2022

The aim of this paper is to investigate the speech acts which convey persuasion of receiving COVI... more The aim of this paper is to investigate the speech acts which convey persuasion of receiving COVID-19 vaccine, and to examine the utilization of the strategies of persuasion. Documents or written texts have been collected as a data source in the current qualitative study. The data of this study includes ten extracts drawn from public health reports that has been obtained through purposive sampling from the official site of the World health organization (WHO), medical journals and websites. Content qualitative analysis was employed depending on Bach and Harnish's (1979) Model of Speech Acts, and Breuer and Napthine's (2008) and Huggard, Leonie &, Iris's (2006) strategies of persuasion The findings indicated that the argument presented in reports on COVID-19 vaccine was developed persuasively using various persuasive strategies. The findings revealed that doctors, writers, medical organizations and journals had shown extraordinary abilities in using persuasive strategies. They tended to employ speech acts as persuasive strategies in their efforts to make their arguments more convincing to their audience. Notably, the application of speech acts and persuasive strategies was connected to the social interaction and contexts, and a reflective of the situation of pandemic and the hesitation about vaccine.

Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2020

This paper is conducted to investigate how Iraqi EFL learners refuse different speech acts across... more This paper is conducted to investigate how Iraqi EFL learners refuse different speech acts across different proficiency levels. It aims to examine the most appropriate strategies used by 2nd year students of English as compared to those of 4th year when refusing their interlocutors' invitation, suggestion, and offer. WDCT questionnaire was used to collect data from 40 Iraqi undergraduate students of English: 20 2nd year and 20 4th year. Adopting Beebe et al.'s (1990) theory of refusal, data collected was analyzed quantitatively using statistical analysis. The findings revealed that the 2nd year students of English were more frequent in using direct refusals than their 4th year counterparts. This means the latter were more aware of using refusals politely than the former. On the other hand, the findings showed that 4th year students more frequent in their use of indirect refusal strategies that the 2nd year students. This indicates that the EFL learners of low proficiency lev...

Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, Jul 25, 2021

Interlanguage pragmatics seeks to investigate how the non-native speakers’ strategies and pattern... more Interlanguage pragmatics seeks to investigate how the non-native speakers’ strategies and patterns in expressing speech acts are different from or similar to those used by native speakers in academic setting. In this light, the current study contributes to the existing literature of interlanguage pragmatics by investigating the use of requests in academic setting by the Iraqi non-native speakers of English compared to that of American native speakers of English. The study comprises four objectives: 1. to compare the use of requests by the Iraqi non-native and American native speakers of English in academic setting, 2. to identify the Iraqi non-native and American native speakers of English’s use of requests in relation to power in the academic setting, 3. to identify the Iraqi non-native and American native speakers of English’s use of requests in relation to solidarity in the academic setting, and 4. to compare the Iraqi non-native and American native speakers of English’s sociopra...

Code-switching is described as the shifting that occurs between two or more languages concurrentl... more Code-switching is described as the shifting that occurs between two or more languages concurrently within one conversation. This study aims to examine the application of code-switching between Informal Iraqi Dialect (IID) and English language among Iraqi Arab speakers of English via one of the smartphone applications, namely WhatsApp Messenger (WM). The study also seeks to recognize the types of code switching and motivations among Iraqi students of English for switching from IID into English language. This research adopted a qualitative approach, which involved Fifty (50) typed conversations of twenty (20) Iraqi post-graduate students studying at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Data were collected via two instruments, dubbed WM application to gather the typed conversations and semi-structured interviews. The results obtained from the WM application indicated that the most predominant type of code-switching (CS) used by the participants was intra-sentential CS, especially the intra...

The current paper seeks to investigate how gender influences the use of requests among University... more The current paper seeks to investigate how gender influences the use of requests among University students. The paper's aim is to examine the use of requests by Iraqi male-female undergraduate students of English in the academic setting. A written Discourse Completion Task questionnaire was used to gather data from 20 male and 20 female undergraduate students of English identified via random sampling. Schuaer's (2009) taxonomy was employed to analyse data. The findings indicated that females used more conventionally indirect requests than males in the academic setting. In this regard, they would inform English language instructors on teaching the most appropriate strategies of polite requests in the academic discourse.

The current paper seeks to investigate how gender influences the use of requests among University... more The current paper seeks to investigate how gender influences the use of requests among University students. The paper's aim is to examine the use of requests by Iraqi male-female undergraduate students of English in the academic setting. A written Discourse Completion Task questionnaire was used to gather data from 20 male and 20 female undergraduate students of English identified via random sampling. Schuaer's (2009) taxonomy was employed to analyse data. The findings indicated that females used more conventionally indirect requests than males in the academic setting. In this regard, they would inform English language instructors on teaching the most appropriate strategies of polite requests in the academic discourse.

Pertanika Journal, 2019

majority of the Iraqi students are inclined to code-switch to English language in smaller parts w... more majority of the Iraqi students are inclined to code-switch to English language in smaller parts within the word boundary. The analysis of the interview data disclosed three motivations for the application of code-switching, namely linguistic, technological, and political factors. ABSTRACT Code-switching is described as the shifting that occurs between two or more languages concurrently within one conversation. This study aims to examine the application of code-switching between Informal Iraqi Dialect (IID) and English language among Iraqi Arab speakers of English via one of the smartphone applications, namely WhatsApp Messenger (WM). The study also seeks to recognize the types of code switching and motivations among Iraqi students of English for switching from IID into English language. This research adopted a qualitative approach, which involved Fifty (50) typed conversations of twenty (20) Iraqi postgraduate students studying at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Data were collected via two instruments, dubbed WM application to gather the typed conversations and semi-structured interviews. The results obtained from the WM application indicated that the most predominant type of code-switching (CS) used by the participants was intra-sentential CS, especially the intra-lexical code-switching. The findings suggest that the