Iraqi EFL Learners' Recognition of Felicitous Speech Acts

This study attempts to investigate the ability of Iraqi undergraduate fourth-year students' and M.A. students' recognition of felicitous speech acts. To achieve the aims of the study , a sample of (50) Iraqi EFL fourth-year undergraduate students and (13) M.A. students at the Department of English, College of Education for Human Sciences, Tikrit University, have participated in responding to a test composed of ten situations used to assess the learners' ability to recognize felicitous speech acts. The following hypotheses have been set:1) There is no statistically significant difference between the calculated value and the tabulated value of the recognition test of felicitous speech acts for undergraduate fourth-year students, 2)There is no statistically significant difference between the calculated value and the tabulated value of the recognition test of felicitous speech acts for M.A. students, 3)There is no statistically significant difference between the calculated value and the tabulated value of the recognition test of felicitous speech acts for males and females of undergraduate fourth-year students,4) There is no statistically significant difference between the calculated value and the tabulated value of the recognition test of felicitous speech acts for males and females of M.A. students, and 5) There is no statistically significant difference between the calculated value and the tabulated value of the recognition test of felicitous speech acts for undergraduate fourth-year students and M.A. students. The most important conclusions are:1)Fourth- year undergraduate students have recognition in using felicitous speech acts, 2) M.A. students have recognition of felicitous speech acts, 3) In terms of the recognition test, there is no variation between males and females of fourth- year undergraduate students use of felicitous speech acts ,4)There is no variation between males and females of M.A. students recognition of felicitous speech acts and 5) M.A. students have better recognition than fourth- year undergraduate students in the recognition of felicitous speech acts.