A SYTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW: APOLOGY AND REQUEST STRATEGIES IN ENGLISH BY LIBYAN UNIVERISTY STUDENT

Abstract

Much research has been done in the realization of apology and request speech act but very few have explored this in the context of Arabic language. We perform a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) process in this paper to gather and analyze studies to identify the diverse apology and request strategies preferred by Arabic learners of English and the influence of culture and social distance on them. Following a predefined review procedure, we identified 15 literature papers within the years 2016-2020 presenting research on apology and request strategies preferred by Arabic learners of English. We analyzed the papers to understand the preferred strategy method chosen and the logic behind it.Moreover, this study presents a related discussion and conclusions.