Exploring Gender Related Differences’ in the Use of Politeness Strategies among EFL Master II Students at M’sila University.

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2021-06

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EFL learners usually face gender related problems and conflicts in conversations. This Study aims to explore the impact of gender in the use of Politeness Strategies. The main aim of this study is to determine the nature of the relationship between the study variables. Moreover, the study outlines the female attributed strategies and the male attributed strategies. This study also takes into consideration the teachers’ beliefs and attitudes about the use of politeness strategies and gender difference. In order to achieve the objectives of this investigation, a casual comparative method was used, furthermore this paper depends on Brown & Levinson's perspective of the linguistic politeness. A test designed by Waffa Qahtan Hameed was adapted and used in order to gather data from a sample of 40 Master two English Students at Mohamed Boudiaf University of M’Sila. Based on the finding of the Study there is a difference between females and males in using politeness strategies.

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Keywords : Politeness , Politeness Strategies , Gender , Speech Acts .

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