Saying no: An investigation of Hong Kong tertiary learners’ pragmatic competency on refusal

Keyphrases

• Hong Kong 100%
• Tertiary Learners 100%
• Pragmatic Competencies 100%
• Tertiary Students 60%
• Discourse Completion Test 40%
• English Language 20%
• Teaching-learning 20%
• Second Language 20%
• Foreign Language 20%
• Native English Speakers 20%
• Social Context 20%
• Language Competence 20%
• Formal Curriculum 20%
• Chinese EFL Learners 20%
• No-right 20%
• Indirect Strategy 20%
• Refusal Strategies 20%
• Taguchi 20%

Arts and Humanities

• Hong Kong 100%
• Competency 100%
• Refusal 100%
• Requests 25%
• Discourse completion test 25%
• Teaching Process 12%
• Social Context 12%
• EFL learners 12%
• Foreign Languages 12%
• Native Speaker 12%
• Language use 12%
• Excuse 12%
• Language competence 12%