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This research aims to investigate how Indonesian EFL learners develop pragmatic competence in making requests in informal digital contexts.

Interlanguage Pragmatics of Requests in Informal Digital Contexts: Insights from Indonesian EFL Learners

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Qualitative case study explores pragmatic requests in digital contexts, indicating a need for instructional support.

This research aims to investigate how Indonesian EFL learners develop pragmatic competence in making requests in informal digital contexts.
Qualitative case study design involving fifth-semester English Education students
Data collection through questionnaires and interviews
Analysis using Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña’s interactive model
Students recognized requests as context-dependent actions influenced by social factors like power and distance
Increased awareness of linguistic forms and politeness markers through digital platforms
Application of internal modifications like modal verbs and lexical downgraders in requests
AI tools like ChatGPT aided practice but did not guarantee deeper sociocultural sensitivity

Cahyaningrum et al. (2025) studied this question.

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