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      Conceptual socialization in EFL contexts: a case study on Turkish EFL learners’ request speech acts realization

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      Author(s)
      Şanal, Merve
      Ortaçtepe, Deniz
      Date
      2019
      Source Title
      Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
      Print ISSN
      1305-578X
      Publisher
      Selçuk University
      Volume
      15
      Issue
      1
      Pages
      376 - 399
      Language
      English
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      Article
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      Abstract
      Conceptual socialization refers to the process second/foreign language learners go through to transform their conceptual system so as “to fit the functional needs of the new language and culture” (Kecskes, 2002, p. 157). Therefore, the present study examined Turkish EFL learners’ conceptual socialization by analyzing the similarities and differences between native speakers of English and Turkish learners of English in their request speech acts realization. The data were collected from Turkish learners of English (focal group) and native speakers of English (baseline group) through role-plays and a written discourse completion task on requests both in Turkish and English. Participants’ responses were rated in terms of the level of formality, politeness, directness and appropriateness. The results indicated that although the Turkish EFL learners were higher level learners, they could not produce the required level of politeness, formality and appropriateness in their speech acts as much as the native speakers did. This study reveals that in EFL contexts, where there is lack of authentic social interaction and engagement with a community of practice, language learners’ conceptual socialization process is bound to their experiences of classroom instruction and L1 socialization.
      Keywords
      Conceptual socialization
      English as a foreign language
      Pragmatic competence
      Request speech acts
      Sociolinguistics
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/53058
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      https://dx.doi.org/10.17263/jlls.547766
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