Yıl: 2017 Cilt: 13 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 14 - 29 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 21-03-2019

Comparison of Chinese and Turkish EFL learners on the use of compliment responses

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This study aims at investigating compliment responses of Turkish and Chinese EFL learners by collecting data via aDiscourse Completion Test. The participants of the study are Lower-Intermediate and Intermediate Level Chineseand Turkish EFL learners and native English speakers. The first purpose of the study is to compare Turkish andChinese EFL learners‟ responses and find whether their cultures have an effect on their use of complimentresponses. Another purpose of the study is to compare Turkish EFL and Chinese EFL learner data with nativeEnglish speaker data. The participants were given a discourse completion test that consisted of 10 differentcompliment situations related to appearance/attire, possession and performance/ability and they were asked to writesuitable compliment responses. The data were analyzed according to Chen & Yang‟s (2010) categorization bycalculating the responses, finding their frequencies and coding every category in SPSS. Findings revealed somesimilarities and statistically significant differences between the responses of Turkish EFL learners and Chinese EFLlearners. When Turkish and Chinese EFL learner data were compared with native English speaker data, it was foundthat in using some strategies Turkish and Chinese learners transferred some formulaic expressions, jokes and clichesthey used in their native language. However, in using some other strategies they can be said to approach nativeEnglish speaker norms.
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İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen Çinli ve Türk öğrencilerin iltifat yanıtlarının karşılaştırılması

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Bu çalışma söylem tamamlama testi yoluyla veri toplayarak İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen Çinli ve Türk öğrencilerin iltifatlara verdikleri yanıtları incelemeyi hedeflemektedir. Çalışmanın katılımcıları Orta-Altı ve Orta seviyede İngilizce öğrenen Çinli ve Türk öğrenciler ve anadili İngilizce olan öğrencilerdir. Çalışmanın ilk amacı Çinli ve Türk öğrencilerin iltifat yanıtlarını karşılaştırmak ve iltifat yanıtları üzerine kendi kültürlerinin etkisi olup olmadığını bulmaktır. Çalışmanın diğer bir amacı da Çinli ve Türk öğrencilerin yanıtlarını anadili İngilizce olan kişilerin yanıtları ile karşılaştırmaktır. Katılımcılara dış görünüş/kıyafet, sahiplik ve performans/yetenek ile ilgili 10 farklı iltifat durumu içeren bir söylem tamamlama testi verilmiş ve uygun iltifat yanıtları yazmaları istenmiştir. Chen & Yang‟ın (2010) kategorileri kullanılarak veriler incelenmiş, sıklıkları bulunmuş ve SPSS sisteminde her bir kategori kodlanmıştır. Çalışmanın bulguları İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen Çinli ve Türk öğrencilerin iltifatlara verdikleri yanıtlar arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılıklar göstermiştir. İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen Çinli ve Türk öğrencilerin verileri İngilizceyi anadili olarak konuşan kişilerin verileri ile karşılaştırıldığında, Çinli ve Türk öğrencilerin bazı strateji kullanımlarında kendi anadillerinde kullandıkları
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