المصدر: | مجلة آداب الفراهيدي |
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الناشر: | جامعة تكريت - كلية الآداب |
المؤلف الرئيسي: | Sahab, Marwan Mizhir (Author) |
مؤلفين آخرين: | Rushdi, Ali Ershad (Co-Author) |
المجلد/العدد: | مج8, ع27 |
محكمة: | نعم |
الدولة: |
العراق |
التاريخ الميلادي: |
2016
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الشهر: | أيلول |
الصفحات: | 32 - 48 |
DOI: |
10.51990/2228-008-027-022 |
ISSN: |
2074-9554 |
رقم MD: | 1111570 |
نوع المحتوى: | بحوث ومقالات |
اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
قواعد المعلومات: | AraBase |
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رابط المحتوى: |
الناشر لهذه المادة لم يسمح بإتاحتها. |
المستخلص: |
Pragmatic failure is, as Jenny Thomas defines it, the inability to understand and comprehend what is meant by the virtue of what is said. Pragmatic failure is of two types: pragma-linguistic and socio-pragmatic failure. The first of those failures, namely pragma-linguistic failure, is the one which means the pragmatic failure that can be solved by the explanation of grammar. The second type, socio-pragmatic failure, is that failure which happens by the difference of the norms and the conventions of the mother tongue and that of the second/target language which thereby is very difficult to explain. However, students of English as a foreign language may misuse the linguistic term „homonyms', where homonymy means the kind of words that may have the same spelling words and pronunciation, but are different in meaning which in this case requires the knowledge of the context and this would be very difficult to the students to understand. The present study seeks to identify the errors (or failure) of EFL Iraqi students in using homonymy, and to find the solution or strengthen the students' pragmatic competence. To fulfill the aims of the study, two tests (pretest and posttest) have been conducted and distributed on 50 students at third year at the College of Education (for humanity) for the academic year 2014-2015. The reliability of the test is achieved by the use of formula of Cranach's Alpha to the scores. It is found to be 0.86 which means a high positive reliability .The results show that there are statistical differences between the two tests: the pretest and the posttest show that the testees have achieved better performance in posttest (57%) than in the pretest (43%). This due to their lack of the pragmatic competence. They were unaware of the words they face in the test. But, after the explanation and the clarification of the meaning and the context in which these words are used, their performance gets better. |
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ISSN: |
2074-9554 |