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- PublicationFunctional Analysis of Lexical Bundles in Doctor Talks in the Medical T.V. Series Grey’s AnatomyPanthong , Panupan; Poonpon, Kornwipa (Language Institute, Thammasat University, 2020)Lexical bundles, or recurrent word strings, are one of the key elements in increasing fluency of linguistic production and in mastering second language learning. In most previous works, lexical bundles were analyzed in specific disciplines. Little research paid attention to spoken discourse, particularly in doctors’ conversations (hereby referred to as “Doctor Talks”). This study aimed to investigate four-word lexical bundles in Doctor Talks and their operationalized functions. A Doctor Talk corpus was compiled from a famous medical TV series, Grey’s Anatomy, consisting of approximately one million running words (269 episodes from 12 seasons over 11 years). Four-word lexical bundles were identified, using WordSmith Tool version 7.0, and their discourse functions were analyzed, using Biber et al.’s (2004) functional taxonomy as a framework. The results reveal that 99 bundle types are present in the Doctor Talk corpus. Stance bundles are common in this spoken conversation corpus while lexical bundles articulating with special conversation features show the least proportion. The results also show some particular functions used in Doctor Talks as discourse organizers.
- PublicationMasterʼs Thesis Defense Presentation Slides in Applied Linguistics: Move Analysis of the Introduction by Chinese StudentsHe, Mei; Pramoolsook, Issra (Research Department, Chulalongkorn University Language Institute, 2022)Thesis defense presentation slides (TDPS) are a significant and unique genre in the final ritual of master’s students’ learning journey. However, few studies have explored this genre, especially its rhetorical structure, so students have scant knowledge of it. This study investigates the moves and steps of this genre focusing on their Introduction section. A move analysis was conducted of 20 TDPS introductions produced by Chinese master’s students in Applied Linguistics. Adopting Chen and Kuo’s (2012) framework, interviews with the TDPS authors were then conducted. This study confirms that the framework for M.A. theses, i.e., the source genre of TDPS, is applicable to the exploration of the TDPS rhetorical structure. Only Move 3 Occupying the niche was found to be obligatory. No obligatory step was identified, and just three steps were found to be conventional. This study provides insights into how Chinese students produce this underexplored genre and argues for more attention to be paid to studies of its rhetorical structure. The findings could raise students’ awareness of genre when attempting to produce effective and acceptable presentation slides to better communicate with their target audience.
- PublicationMetaphor in Business EnglishKheovichai, Baramee; Lertcharnrit, Thanik (Silpakorn University Research, Innovation and Creativity Administration Office, 2015)Metaphor is an important tool for developing business theories and communicating ideas in a business context. Linguistic research investigates the metaphors used in business English from various perspectives. This paper problematizes previous studies in terms of their applications of metaphor theories, the data and the methodological issues associated with metaphor identification and retrieval. These issues have profound influence on the findings and our knowledge of metaphors. It is argued that some of the studies employ a superficial view of metaphor and a more critical analysis and dynamic theories of metaphor is required. Furthermore, metaphor in multimodal communication needs more investigation. In addition, data are mainly written texts and thus spoken data require more attention in metaphor in business English research. What is more, clear criteria essential for identifying metaphorical expressions and methods for retrieving metaphors from large data sets are discussed. Only with more sophisticated use of metaphor theories, a wider range of data under investigation and suitable use of metaphor retrieval methods can we grasp a more thorough understanding of metaphor in business English. This knowledge can then be applied to language teaching, language description and critical studies of language and ideology.
- PublicationReporting Verbs in Research Writing: Lessons from ExpertsJaroongkhongdach, Woravut (Research Department, Chulalongkorn University Language Institute, 2015)Using reporting verbs in research writing seems to be a problem for graduate students (or novice researchers) when writing a research paper. The aim of this paper is to raise the awareness of students in using reporting verbs. The main argument in this paper is based on the comparison of reporting verbs used by two expert researchers and two Thai novice researchers in the field of applied linguistics. The comparison reveals that reporting verbs used by the experts tend to be both factive (i.e., the current researcher portrays the previous researcher as presenting true information or a correct opinion) and non-factive (i.e., the current researcher gives no clear signal as to his/her attitude towards the previous researcher’s information/opinion), while those used by the novice tend mainly to be factive. The comparison also shows that the experts tend to use three tenses (present simple tense, present perfect tense, and past simple tense) whereas the Thai novice researchers tend to mainly use present simple tense. The paper ends with a call for students to strive to increase their working reporting verbs, and to understand the differences in different reporting verbs and in the tenses of reporting verbs.
- PublicationTesting University Learners’ Interlanguage Pragmatic Competence in a Chinese EFL ContextXu, Lan; Wannaruk, Anchalee (Research Department, Chulalongkorn University Language Institute, 2016)Speech acts are the major concern of interlanguage pragmatists. The present study aimed to 1) examine the reliability and validity of an interlanguage pragmatic (ILP) competence test on speech acts in a Chinese EFL context, and 2) investigate EFL learners‘ variations of ILP competence by language proficiency. Altogether 390 students participated in the present study. The students were divided into three groups based on their language proficiency. The data were collected with an ILP competence test and semi-structured interviews. The ILP competence test was in the form of a written discourse completion task (WDCT), including ten speech acts and 30 situations. Data analysis methods included the Many Facets Rasch Model (MFRM), one-way ANOVA, post-hoc Scheffe test and content analysis. The results indicated that the ILP competence test was with high reliability and validity, and variations existed in four aspects of conducting speech acts: 1) use of correct speech act, 2) typical expressions, 3) amount of speech and information, and 4) degrees of formality, directness and politeness, according to the level of language proficiency. Overall, the students with higher language proficiency performed better than the ones with lower language proficiency.
- Publicationการถ่ายโอนทางวัจนปฏิบัติศาสตร์ : การใช้กลวิธีการตอบปฏิเสธของนักศึกษาไทย ที่เรียนภาษาอังกฤษเป็นภาษาต่างประเทศขวัญฤทัย สิปปพัฒนกร; สุขุม วสุนธราโศภิต; อังคณา ทองพูน พัฒนศร; Sippapattanagorn, Kwanrutai; Wasuntarasobhit, Sukhum; Patanasorn, Angkana Tongpoon (Research and Development institute, Suan Dusit University, 2014)The purposes of this study were to study pragmatic transfer of Thai EFL learners focusing on refusal strategies and to investigate the differences of refusal strategies of Thai EFL learners used between written discourse completion task (WDCT) and discourse role-play task (DRPT). The participants in this study were divided into 3 groups: native Thai non English major students, English major students, and native English speakers. The research instruments in this study were written discourse completion task (WDCT) and discourse role-play task (DRPT). The results of the study revealed that pragmatic transfer was found in refusal strategies used by Thai EFL learners both in WDCTs and DRPTs. In addition, it was found that Thai EFL lacked ‘positive opinion’ which always found in refusal making by English native speakers. Also, Thai EFL learners used ‘gratitude’ less than English native speakers but they emphasized on ‘regret’.