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Question: The tone of the man is that of_
A. surprise B. sarcasm C. disappointment D. humor
The question given is about attitude. Listeners are especially required to pay attention to their tones and intonations. When the woman indicates that the photocopier is not going to make it through in the rest of the year, the crux comes out. The man firstly expresses his surprise subconsciously by the repetition of the woman’s phrase “this year” with a question mark following behind, then he utters the sentence “It is supposed to be good for four”, which makes a sharp contrast with “the rest of the year” just mentioned by the woman. By now the man’s attitude has been expressed clearly, and he is exceedingly surprised at the woman’s words. Therefore, the answer to the question is A.
Declaration shows a close link between words and effects in the real world of existence. It is the successful performance of this type that brings about the correspondence between what is said and reality. Here is the case in the listening comprehension section of TEM4, which manifests how declaration is well performed.
10) “Our Indonesian government now gives official approval for the Australian consulate
in Dili…”
This declaration, abstracted from the News Broadcast section, is uttered by an official on the behalf of the Indonesian government. The literal meaning of the utterance is that the Indonesian government gives official approval for an Australian consulate in Dili, but behind it a more penetrating one is the act performed by or resulting from saying this sentence. The Australian consulate in Dili has been approved by the Indonesian government. This is the same case with Chairman
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Mao’s declaration of the independence of the People’s Republic of China in 1949,
“中华人民共和国今天成立了！”
3.3 Summary
In this chapter, with detailed analysis of many a concrete example abstracted from the listening comprehension in TEM4 with the representation and application of speech act theory, readers can arrive at the conclusion that J. L. Austin’s speech act theory and Searle’s classification of speech acts can well be applied in the listening comprehension examination so as to improve listeners’ listening competence. With the help of Austin’s speech act theory, listeners are clear that the illocutionary act performed by speakers is worth listeners’ attention. By making such an utterance speakers have expressed their true intentions, asking the hearers to do something for them, making complaints and the like. Under the guide of Searle’s classification of speech acts, listeners know well deep in their hearts that all the five classifications, including representatives, directives, commissives, expressives and declarations, have their own characteristic inclinations. To some extent, this can provide listeners with the essential clues and hints as to which is the most proper answer to the question given. At last, the thesis brings about the point that when listeners are able to apply the theory in the apt way, even the most complicated utterance can be tackled at ease.
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Chapter 4 Conclusion
As one of the most demanding skills in all aspects of English learning, including speaking, listening, reading, translation and writing, listening comprehension is certainly not such an easy task to cope with, especially for the English majors who are required to have a pretty good command of it. It is definitely a complex mixture and involves various factors. Each listening aspect involved, on the other hand, is regulated by certain rules. Speech act theory, as one of the most important research subjects in pragmatics, is a very impressive theory to enlighten learners, and what it is most concerned with is the illocutionary act which attempts to explain the ways by which speakers can mean more than what they say. In general, this theory can provide readers with the way as to how to intake and apprehend conversations under certain circumstances. It is, therefore, of great significance to the improvement of students’ listening comprehension in TEM4.
This paper is mainly devoted to the detailed analysis of the interaction between speech act theory and the listening comprehension in TEM4 by employing many a concrete and representative example from it. And the author probes into the representation and application of speech act theory in the listening comprehension of TEM4 mainly from two particular aspects: J. L. Austin’s speech act theory and Searle’s five classifications of speech acts.
Based on the framework of speech act theory, this paper is mainly an attempt to analyze and interpret the listening comprehension in TEM4 with great quantities of detailed instances considered in order to improve the listening comprehension competence of English majors by the apt application of the theory. In this paper, the author makes great efforts to provide readers with speech act theory and many
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concrete examples abstracted from TEM4 as well, which are helpful for readers to understand how to apply the theory to improve students’ listening comprehension competence precisely and thoroughly. To sum up, English majors should bear in mind the basic theory of speech acts and put them into practice on time after the careful study of the various examples. This method is not only beneficial to English majors of grade four and those who do such a research, but to all the foreign language students and teachers as well.
However, for the author’s own limited ability and great difficulty to get access to various related writing materials, the thesis might not be as satisfactory as it has been planned to be and thus, it still has much room for improvement. What’s more, as a new field in the linguistic study, the author hopes that this thesis can render some new inspirations to other students, teachers and scholars for further research study.
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