Association between Suggestion Speech Act and Language Proficiency, Gender, and Verbal Intelligence among Iranian EFL Learners

Journal of Language, Culture, and Translation

دوره 5، شماره 1، خرداد 2022، صفحه 213-236   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30495/lct.2022.704493

نویسنده

Saeed Karimlou^*

Department of English, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreza, Iran

چکیده

This study was an attempt to investigate Iranian EFL learners’ use of suggestion speech acts concerning factors such as language proficiency, gender, and verbal intelligence. With this aim, 105 Iranian EFL learners participated in this study. A Discourse Completion Test (DCT) was used to produce data related to the suggestion forms utilized by the participants. Percentage and chi-square tests were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that different language proficiency levels did not produce any significant difference in the production suggestion speech act. However, participants’ performance considering different gender reached statistical significance. Also, verbal intelligence proved to be a significant factor in using suggestion forms among Iranian EFL learners.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Suggestion Speech Act؛ Language Proficiency؛ Gender؛ Verbal Intelligence؛ EFL Learners