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

“intentionality,” these forms of English were created under a condition where people
understood the interlanguage created by interlocutors from similar backgrounds. That
is, the speech generated through interlanguage strategy could be developed
systematically, and then repeated and utilized in a homogenous society where people
use English to interact in Chinese, Singapore, or Taiwanese societies. The
“intentionality” of choosing to use interlanguage should be observed in a condition
where culture needs to be introduced or where many interlocutors are from a similar
language background as the speakers. That was why the “intentionality” could be
found frequently in the common Interlanguage dialogues created by Chinglish,
Singalish, and Taiwanlish communities.
Importantly, Jiun Sheng observed a systematic relationship between the use of
the abandonment strategy and a condition of time-limited class discussion. Jiun
Sheng observed that when the allowed class discussion time was limited, his
classmates would apply the abandonment strategy frequently and not try to interpret
difficult words. In a word, the intentionality displayed that the Taiwanese university
students’ in-class group discussion was skipping over the difficult message in a
time-limited condition.
Sung Ru’s perceptions supported Jiun Sheng’s. Sung Ru perceived whenever
she encountered a condition where she could not use the replacement strategy
successfully, she would turn to the strategy of message abandonment. Sung Ru
mentioned that she needed at least 30 seconds to figure out how to use a simpler
word. If the discussion time assigned by the trainer was not sufficient or her
classmates had noticed she was too stressed when thinking how to construct the
expression, Sung Ru automatically resorted to the abandonment strategy to release
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