The Perceptions of Thai Students Majoring in Korean on Indirect Speech Acts of Interrogatives in Korean
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This research aimed to 1) compare the perceptions of intentions in indirect speech acts in interrogative sentences between Thai students and Koreans; 2) compare intermediate to high proficiency students’perceptions of intents in indirect speech acts of interrogatives to Korean Speakers’; and 3) explore the relationships between Thai students’ levels of Korean proficiency and their perceptions on intents in indirect speech acts of interrogatives. Multiple-choice questionnaires were used to gather data in this research. Samples consisted of 100 Thai students and 50 Koreans. The findings were as follows: 1) Thai students and Korean speakers showed statistically different perceptions of all intents expressed in indirect speech acts of interrogatives; 2) there was a statistically significant difference in the perceptions of all intents among high and intermediate proficiency students and native Koreans; however, when the differences were analyzed in pairs using Scheffe’s method, no statistically significant difference was found in the perceptions of intermediate proficiency students and high proficiency ones towards the intent of inviting; and 3) the students’ levels of Korean language proficiency and their perceptions of intents were significantly correlated at a moderate level of 0.663.
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