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Alsulayyi, Marzouq Nasser – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This study examines the apology strategies used by 30 Saudi EFL teachers in Najran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), paying special attention to variables such as social distance and power and offence severity. The study also delineates gender differences in the respondents' speech as opposed to studies that only examined speech act output by…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Glówka, Danuta – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
This study examined the impact of gender on students' achievement in learning English as a foreign language in secondary and higher vocational schools in Poland, as well as teachers' and students' opinions concerning the importance of this influence. The collected data provided ample evidence that girls achieved significantly better results than…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Secondary School Students