A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...

elaxing and free (extricating myself) when using It. I would not explain for
the others when their English were in a lower proficiency. Usually, they did
not think it was awful; they understood my situation. On the other hand, when
my question was abandoned, I would think that the partner himself does not
know a deeper meaning of the word that I asked them, so he did not know
how to explain that word.
In the second interview, Sung Ru perceived:
As to the message abandonment strategy, it was helpful for my
communication. In my learning experience of “abandoning message,” when I
abandoned a word, it usually was easier to continue to talk well. I perceived
freedom when I shrugged off a difficult word after I struggled to figure out
how I should put in plain words for it.
It was not right to take unnecessary pains to figure out an insignificant or
insoluble problem during an important communication. It wasted too much
time for the others, and made the communication stop in the middle. As to
message abandonment, it was advantageous for my communication. When I
abandoned a word, I usually was able to continue to talk better.
Sung Ru addressed that the message abandonment strategy allowed her to save face
when she was not able to clarify a simple word:
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