The Influence of Shaping Meaning through Context on EFL College Students’ Metapragmatic Awareness
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https://doi.org/10.25130/Lang.9.4.P2.22Keywords:
Context, Meaning, Metapragmatic awareness, College StudentsAbstract
The current study aims at finding out the influence of shaping meaning through context on students’ metapragmatic awareness. The sample of this study consists of (70) third stage students at University of Tikrit, College of Education for Women, Department of English, for the academic year 2024-2025. The instrument of this study is test that is used to collect data. The instrument of the study has been validated, and different statistical means have been used to analyze the obtained data. The results obtained have shown the efficiency of shaping meaning through context in improving students’ metapragmatic awareness. Finally, some conclusions are put forward in the light of the results obtained.
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