The study explores responses to gratitude as expressed in elicited oral interaction (open role-plays) by native speakers of American English. It first gives an overview of the conventions of means and conventions of forms of the head acts and supporting moves of these reacting speech acts, and reports on their frequency of occurrence and combinatorial options across situations differing in terms of the social distance and power relationships between the interactants. It then presents a proposal for familiarizing ESL/EFL students with the speech act of responding to gratitude.
A research-based teaching unit for ESL/EFL students: Responses to gratitude
GESUATO, SARA
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2016
Abstract
The study explores responses to gratitude as expressed in elicited oral interaction (open role-plays) by native speakers of American English. It first gives an overview of the conventions of means and conventions of forms of the head acts and supporting moves of these reacting speech acts, and reports on their frequency of occurrence and combinatorial options across situations differing in terms of the social distance and power relationships between the interactants. It then presents a proposal for familiarizing ESL/EFL students with the speech act of responding to gratitude.
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