EFL Learners' Awareness of Utilizing the English Speech Acts of Congratulation in Oral Discourse

Abstract

Expressing feelings positively is very necessary when good news happens to a person, it considered a sign of jealousy when person doesn't show his pleasure. The main objective of the study is: to discover to what extent EFL graduates are aware of utilizing the expressions related to congratulation when speaking English, to investigate if EFL graduates are acquainted with the situations which demand the usage of the expressions of congratulations. The study adopted the descriptive analytical method. The data were gathered by using two tools: a diagnostic test for a sample of forty (40) EFL graduates and a questionnaire that was designed for a sample of ten (10) EFL university teachers from University of Gezira, University of Neelain and Alahlia University-Wad Medani. The data were analyzed manually using means and percentages. The findings reached are: The majority EFL graduates are not aware of utilizing the social expressions concerning congratulation in oral discourse (63%).