A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...
A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...
A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...
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Regarding <strong>the</strong> second strategy, message abandonment, <strong>the</strong> seven respondents<br />
had dissimilar feelings. Two students (Tien Long and Pei Pei) pointed out that<br />
message abandonment was not a fitting strategy that <strong>the</strong> university students should<br />
use. They described that English learners in <strong>the</strong> universities should have an<br />
uncompromising standpoint in learning English, and <strong>the</strong>y should try not <strong>to</strong> ignore any<br />
message that <strong>the</strong>y would like <strong>to</strong> convey. Three students (Sung Ru, Jiun Sheng, and<br />
Ling Mei) confessed message abandonment was an indispensable strategy that <strong>the</strong>y<br />
needed <strong>to</strong> learn until <strong>the</strong>ir English becomes more advanced. Two respondents (Cheng<br />
Chih and Jian Guo) ambiguously stated that <strong>the</strong> message abandonment strategy might<br />
be usable. At <strong>the</strong> same time, <strong>the</strong>y signified <strong>the</strong>ir personal suggestions <strong>of</strong> using it in<br />
particular ways.<br />
Generally speaking, as can be seen in Figure 4.2., <strong>the</strong> second findings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
message abandonment strategy derived <strong>by</strong> <strong>the</strong> seven respondents’ various positions<br />
indicated that <strong>the</strong> Taiwanese students had distinct and complex perceptions <strong>to</strong>ward<br />
<strong>the</strong> abandonment strategy. Some students believed that <strong>the</strong> message abandonment<br />
strategy must be applied for reasons <strong>of</strong> time limitation, reducing anxiety in<br />
communication, and vocabulary limitation.<br />
In contrast, two o<strong>the</strong>r students believed that it was better <strong>to</strong> try <strong>to</strong> express all<br />
<strong>the</strong> words <strong>by</strong> resorting <strong>to</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r strategies and a more aggressive attitude <strong>of</strong> learning.<br />
The third neutral positions provided <strong>by</strong> two students indicated that <strong>the</strong> message<br />
abandonment strategy was applicable. However, <strong>the</strong>y tended not <strong>to</strong> use it except in<br />
emergency situations or when talking <strong>to</strong> people from different pr<strong>of</strong>essions.<br />
Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, some students revealed that <strong>the</strong> key words should not be abandoned<br />
during communication.<br />
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