Hi,
First of all, I have to say that I am in awe of the love and passion the members of this cafe have for English. You wouldn't know how grateful I am to find a cafe like this. One of my close friends introduced me to this cafe and I thank he did.
I am currently doing a polit project on interlanguage pragmatics and trying to collect data on requests from Korean learners of English.
I would deeply appreciate your participation in the study.
If you do decide to participate, please copy the discourse completion task below and sent it to diglossia@hanmail.net after responding to each situation on the discourse completion task.
One thing I would like to mention before you strat is that this discourse completion task is not a test. There are no right or wrong answers and you do not have to worry about grammatical errors or/and spelling errors. Just write down what you would normally say in each situation.
Below is for non-native speaker of English only
• How long have you been studying English?
• Have you ever studied English abroad?
• If yes, how long did you study abroad?
• How would you rate your English proficiency?
Beginner ( ) Early Intermediate ( ) Intermediate ( )
Early Advanced ( ) Advanced ( )
Instructions: Please read each of the following situations. After each situation you will be asked to write what you would say in the situation in a normal conversation: (a) in your native language, (b) in English, and (c) using the word or words given.
1. You have worked in a small company for a number of years. You have just been given an extra work which is due tomorrow. You want your co-worker to help you with the work. You go to the desk of your co-worker.
a) You would say in your native language:
b) You would say in English (only for non-native speaker of English):
c) If you have to use the word “grateful”, you would say in English:
2. You and your friend are in college. You missed a class yesterday and want to borrow your friend’s class note to copy it.
a) You would say in your native language:
b) You would say in English (only for non-native speaker of English):
c) If you have to use the word “appreciate”, you would say in English:
3. You are in a restaurant having dinner with your family. The person at the next table is smoking which bothers you and your family. You want to ask the person to stop smoking or move to another place to smoke since it is a non-smoking area.
a) You would say in your native language:
b) You would say in English (only for non-native speaker of English):
c) If you have to use the word “mind”, you would say in English:
4. You are shopping for your friend’s birthday and see a nice fountain pen in a display case. You want to look at it more closely. A salesclerk comes over to you.
a) You would say in your native language:
b) You would say in English (only for non-native speaker of English):
c) If you have to use the word “possible”, you would say in English:
5. You are the owner of a bookstore. It is getting close to the end of the day. There is still unfinished word to be done by today and you want to ask one of your employees to work over time.
a) You would say in your native language:
b) You would say in English (only for non-native speaker of English):
c) If you have to use the word “think”, you would say in English:
6. You are a university student. For some reason you could not finish your assignment for today’s class. You want to ask your professor if it is ok to hand it in next week.
a) You would say in your native language:
b) You would say in English (only for non-native speaker of English):
c) If you have to use the word “wondering”, you would say in English:
7. You are at the office in an important meeting with your boss and your co-workers. For some reason you have to leave the meeting early. You want to ask your boss if you could do so.
a) You would say in your native language:
b) You would say in English (only for non-native speaker of English):
c) If you have to use the words “all right”, you would say in English:
8. You are hosting a party at your house. Unfortunately one of your guests is drunk and you want the drunken guest to leave.
a) You would say in your native language:
b) You would say in English (only for non-native speaker of English):
c) If you have to use the word “afraid”, you would say in English:
9. You are at the office. One of your co-workers is going to the supermarket to get some thing to drink. You are hungry because you have missed your lunch. You want to ask your co-worker if s/he could get you a tuna sandwich from the supermarket.
a) You would say in your native language:
b) You would say in English (only for non-native speaker of English):
c) If you have to use the word “favor”, you would say in English:
10. You are taking a class in college. You want to ask one special person who is in your class out for dinner.
a) You would say in your native language:
b) You would say in English (only for non-native speaker of English):
c) If you have to use the word “hoping”, you would say in English: