A Study of Apology Strategies in English: A Case Study on Jordanian and Asian Undergraduate Students at Zarqa University
إسم الباحث
Ibrahim Fathi Huwari
إسم المجلة
Arab World English Journal (
رقم المجلد
9(1)
تاريخ النشر
2018.03
الملخص
This study investigates the similarities and differences of the speech act of apology in English
between Jordanian EFL learners (English as a Foreign Learners) and Asian undergraduate students
at Zarqa University (ZU). It aims to understand the culture difference between Jordanian and the
Asian speech communities that both learners utilize when confronting apology situations. The
researcher used an interview technique to gather the data. Data collected using a modified version
of the Discourse Completion Test (DCT) developed by Sugimoto (1997). Subjects of the study
included six Jordanian undergraduate students and six Asian undergraduate students. There were
10 situations used in the study developed by Sugimoto's (1997). The findings in this study
introduced the similarities and differences of the apologizing strategies used by Jordanian
undergraduate students and Asian undergraduate students. It found that the most frequently
apology strategies used among the Jordanian and the Asian