Chatgpt as an educational tool: Opportunities, challenges, and recommendations for communication, business writing, and composition courses

MA AlAfnan, S Dishari, M Jovic… - Journal of Artificial …, 2023 - ojs.istp-press.com
This empirical study examines ChatGPT as an educational and learning tool. It investigates
the opportunities and challenges that ChatGPT provides to the students and instructors of …

ESD Goals and Soft Skills Competencies through Constructivist Approaches to Teaching: An Integrative Review.

MA AlAfnan, S Dishari - Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024 - ERIC
Recent studies claimed that the absence of a paradigm is a challenge to develo**
education for sustainable development and soft skills competencies. This integrative study …

[PDF][PDF] Positive and negative politeness in nonverbal communication contexts: An examination into driving behaviors in Europe

MA AlAfnan, SF MohdZuki - Studies in Media and Communication, 2023 - academia.edu
This study examines politeness as a nonverbal politic behavior in 29 European countries
and territories using Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness theory. The examination …

Rhetorical move structures and politeness strategies employed in request and refusal emails by international students in a Thai ELF context

Y Liu, NDD Nguyen, HC Nguyen, A Wannaruk - Cogent Education, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Thailand is becoming a popular destination for international students, where English is used
as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in academics and daily life. Email writing is a critical skill for their …

Cultural nuances in pre-request speech acts: a pragmatic analysis of the Minangkabau language

I Revita, O Oktavianus, F Anindya Zalfikhe… - Cogent Arts & …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
The article aims to identify the research gap by qualitatively analyzing request speech acts
in the Minangkabau language. This study uses a qualitative approach to investigate …

Investigating (Im) Politeness in English Comments on Instagram's Broadcast Pages: Leech's Grand Strategy of Politeness in Focus

M Rahimi, R Norouzi, H Jalali - Applied Research on English Language, 2025 - are.ui.ac.ir
Human beings employ different forms of linguistic politeness to ease communication and
reduce the likelihood of conflict. With the rise of technology and social media platforms such …

[PDF][PDF] Implicature and explicature in communiqué: An investigation into language use in press releases in the G20 2023 summit

MA AlAfnan, M Jovic - The International Journal of Communication …, 2024 - researchgate.net
This study examines the use of implicature and explicature in ten G20 2023 summit press
releases. On a textual level, the study revealed that press releases are more explicit in …

Politeness Strategies for Interviewing Michelle Obama in The Ellen Show and The Late Late Show

HA Tyas, J Mujiyanto… - English Education Journal, 2024 - journal.unnes.ac.id
This study explores the politeness strategies employed by Ellen DeGeneres and James
Corden in their interviews with Michelle Obama, utilizing Brown and Levinson's (1987) …

Email Excuses and Their Acceptability by Hungarian University Students

E Balogh - Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica, 2024 - ceeol.com
The main aim of the paper is to investigate student excuses in emails written by Hungarian
university students to their instructor, as well as to examine students' perceptions of the …

[PDF][PDF] Applied Research on English Language

R Norouzi, M Rahimi, H Jalali - researchgate.net
Human beings employ different forms of linguistic politeness to ease communication and
reduce the likelihood of conflict. With the rise of technology and social media platforms such …