Diamante, Lloyd Chester R.

Apologizing strategies of selected BA English Language Studies students during synchronous classes / by Lloyd Chester R. Diamante, Mikaela A. Fajardo, Lawrence Jay A. Sotomayor. - Indang, Cavite : Cavite State University-Main Campus, 2022. - x, 59 pages : illustrations ; 28 m

Thesis (Bachelor of Arts in English Language Studies) Cavite State University.

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College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)


DIAMANTE, LLOYD CHESTER R., FAJARDO, MIKAELA A., and SOTOMAYOR, LAWRENCE JAY A.

Apologizing Strategies of selected BA English Language Studies students during synchronous classes. Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of Arts in English Language Studies. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. June 2022. Adviser: Ms. Charita C. Troyo. This study was carried out to determine the apologizing strategies of selected BA English Language Studies students during synchronous classes. Specifically, it aimed to: (a) determine the preferred apology strategies used during their synchronous classes of selected BAELS students; (b) identify the types of apology strategies used by selected BAELS students during synchronous classes; (c) point out the factors that influence the apology utterance of selected BAELS students. A total of 30 selected BA English Language Studies students from the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Humanities at Cavite State University Indang, Cavite served as the participants of the study. Purposive sampling was used in selecting the participants of the study. Researchers analyzed, utilized and categorized the respondents' responses on the survey questionnaire by the assistance of Cohen and Olshtain (1981, in Elham 2016) evaluation and classification of how people apologized, which they classified into five techniques of apologizing: (1) IFID (Illocutionary Force Indicating Device); (2) Explain or Account; (3) Promise of Forbearance; (4) An offer of repair; (5) Taking on responsibility: (a) Explicit self-blame; (b) Lack of intent; (c) Expression of self-deficiency; (d) Expression of embarrassment; (e) Self-castigation; (f) Justify the hearer. Results showed that, most of the respondents preferred using "Explain or Account" type of apologizing strategies as it can vindicate misunderstanding, unintentional actions and uncontrollable phenomenon.



Distance education
Flexible Learning
English language--Interpersonal communication

371.35 / D54 2022