This thesis aims at investigating what the discourse patterns are in the asking-for-leave notes written by Chinese students and native English speakers respectively and what excuses are given by Chinese students and n...This thesis aims at investigating what the discourse patterns are in the asking-for-leave notes written by Chinese students and native English speakers respectively and what excuses are given by Chinese students and native English speakers.Role play and retrospective interview were employed as research methords.The results show that the Chinese students all use an inductive pattern,while all native English speakers write the note in a deductive way.Besides,the excuses presented by the two kinds of subjects are different due to their different cultural background.展开更多
文摘This thesis aims at investigating what the discourse patterns are in the asking-for-leave notes written by Chinese students and native English speakers respectively and what excuses are given by Chinese students and native English speakers.Role play and retrospective interview were employed as research methords.The results show that the Chinese students all use an inductive pattern,while all native English speakers write the note in a deductive way.Besides,the excuses presented by the two kinds of subjects are different due to their different cultural background.
