This study examines the use of different types of perspectives on request. The subjects were two groups of junior college learners of English. The first group was 81 students of three conversation classes, and the second group was 94 students of three reading classes at a college near Seoul. At the end of the semester, the students were presented four pragmatic situations on request and answered the open-ended questions with four types of perspective. In the preference of perspectives, most students skewed to speaker-oriented and hearer-oriented strategies. However, some results show a difference depending on the class types. In the analysis of gender, the total mean scores are skewed to the hearer-oriented strategy. Compared with differences of class type, the factor of gender rarely influences the use of perspectives. This study suggests that various types of perspectives should be taught to the college learners of English.
목차
I. Introduction II. Literature Review III. Research Method 3.1 Participants 3.2 Instruments 3.3 Data Analysis IV. Results and Discussion 4.1 The Perspectives and Situations 4.2 Class and Perspectives 4.3 Gender and Perspectives V. Conclusion and Implication References Appendix Abstract