A Study On Refusal Strategies Used By Indonesian Efl Learners In Responding To An Offer Or Invitation

DULI, Patrisia Deran (2021) A Study On Refusal Strategies Used By Indonesian Efl Learners In Responding To An Offer Or Invitation. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira.

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Abstract

This study was conducted to find answers to two research questions, they are: (1) What are the refusal strategies used by the Indonesian EFL learners in responding to an offer or invitation? (2) Does gender matter in the use of refusal strategies?. The objectives of this method were to find out the refusal strategies used by the Indonesian EFL learners in responding to an offer or invitation and to find out whether gender matters in the use of refusal strategies performed by Indonesian EFL learners. The method of this study was the qualitative method where the data was collected through a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) that contained 10 refusal scenarios. 20 participants, 10 males and 10 females, who are in the 4th and 6th majoring in English Education of Widya Mandira Catholic University Kupang, involved in this study. The result of the study found that the most refusal strategies used by participants were indirect refusal, followed by adjunct, and the least use of refusal strategies was direct refusal. Furthermore, there were only slight differences between Indonesian EFL male and female learners in the use of refusal strategies. Men prefer to use direct logical sentences for offers and invitations rejection, meanwhile, women, in general, tend to use indirect and polite rejection strategies that involve personal feelings and tend to maintain solidarity with their friends by frequently expressing apologies in refusing invitations and offers.

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