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The present paper is an attempt to investigate EFL students’ performance on pragmatic competence task in terms of request realization. It is meant to extend our understanding of the factors that affect their performance including using their first language principles when communicating with the target language and over generalizing the target language patterns in different contexts. This study can contribute to the conceptualization of pragmatic competence regarding speech act and politeness constructs in an Algerian EFL context. Students’ performance on pragmatic competence tasks is studied depending on BLUM-KULKA and OLSHTAIN (1984) ; Blum-Kulkaand all (1989) request realization patterns, as well as Brown Levinson (1978, 1987) politeness theory. The study aims at finding out whether third year EFL students are able to form a request in a culturally accepted way, using politeness strategies. The paper uses an adapted written discourse completion test (Birjandi Rezai, 2010) and a group interview to assess third year EFL students’ level of pragmatic competence.

Realizing the Speech Act , Requeston pragmatic competence , third year students

2020

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