05.06.2013 Views

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 ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

CHAPTER V<br />

THEMES<br />

This study was designed <strong>to</strong> explore students’ perceptions about learning five<br />

communication strategies. Taiwanese students’ responses about <strong>the</strong>ir learning<br />

experiences <strong>of</strong> five communication strategies were explored. In general, <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

perceptions <strong>to</strong>ward learning communication strategies collected using a qualitative<br />

format revealed that students’ perceptions <strong>of</strong> strategy application were related <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>mes <strong>of</strong> comprehensibility, intentionality, politeness, first language, face-saving,<br />

interlanguage system, time-saving, and key-words. Given <strong>the</strong> paucity <strong>of</strong> qualitative<br />

studies in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> communication strategy, especially regarding students’<br />

perceptions <strong>of</strong> each communication strategy, inquiring in<strong>to</strong> students’ psychological<br />

levels is quite significant in order <strong>to</strong> gain a pr<strong>of</strong>ound understanding about how<br />

Taiwanese university students value <strong>the</strong> usages in two sets <strong>of</strong> communication<br />

strategies.<br />

Discussion <strong>of</strong> Perceptions<br />

The major research question for exploring students’ perceptions and<br />

experiences <strong>of</strong> learning communication strategies was: What do Taiwanese<br />

university students perceive in learning Faerch and Kasper’s (1983c) five<br />

communication strategies. Based on each communication strategy, this chapter<br />

revealed <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>mes emerged from findings <strong>of</strong> students’ perceptions and experiences.<br />

The following paragraphs in this chapter were composed with <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>mes associated<br />

with <strong>the</strong> five specific research questions for five communication strategies, which<br />

were conceptualized through <strong>the</strong> comparison analysis method. In <strong>the</strong> discussions <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> emerged <strong>the</strong>mes, each conceptualized and concluded <strong>the</strong>me mostly was repeated<br />

160

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!