What would be your answer to the invitations?

Discourse completion test


This is a questionnaire about how you respond to invitations that happen in a conversational situation. There are nine situations below. Please read through the descriptions, and write down your responses (based on your intuition) in the blank. Please put at least one sentence in the blank, and give reasons for your decision. Before you start to do the questions with situations, please leave some basic information below. Your personal information will only be used for this study. Thank you for your help!


1. first language:


2. gender


3. age:


4. residency length in the English speaking environment:


5. country:


Situation 1


One day, your boss asked you to go to his office...


Boss: Recently you’ve been working hard for the project. I reallu appreciate for your help. My wife and I decided to invite those who are in this project to our house for dinner this evening. What do you say?


You:





Situation 2


Imagine you are a college teacher, and your student come up to you...


Students: Hi! Teacher! You have helped me a lot about my thesis. My parents want to invite you to our house to dinner tonight to show out gratitude. Can you come?


You:





Situation 3


You are shopping with your friend. Your friend’s teacher from elementary school recognizes her...


Teacher: Hi! Jenny! I miss you a lot! Let’s go have some drinks, ok? And your friend can come, too!


You:





Situation 4


Imagine you are a principle, and you wrote a recommendation letter for one student. The student come up to you ..


Student: Good morning, sir! I really appreciate you help last time. My parents and I want to invite you for dinner to show our gratitude. Can you come?


You:


Situation 5


You see a junior high school classmate on the street. You were close before. Your friend said..


Classmate: By the way, you have not been to my house for a long time. Why don’t you come over and have dinner with us?


You:





Situation 6


Your new colleague is on her first day of work. She asked you some questions about the business and you answered her. Then ...


Colleague: Thank you! you are really a nice person. By the way, some of my friends will come to my house for dinner, would you like to come?


You:





Situation 7


In a class reunion, one of your old classmate (who was not very close to you) come to you...


Classmate: You know what? The new movie is on next week. Would you like to go with me?


You:





Situation 8


A friend you met in a tour group come up to you before you get back to your home country...


Friend: It was nice to meet you! Since we live in the same city, maybe you can drop by my house sometime in the future!


You:





Situation 9


Imagine you are an English teacher in a senior high school. one day your friend come up to you....


Student: Teacher! We will have a party after the college entrance exam. We want to invite you to the party! And we invited out math teacher, too! Can you come?


You:

What would be your answer to the invitations?
1.first language: spanish


2.gender: female


3.age: 26


4.residency length in the English speaking environment: 16


5.country: Cuba





situation 1.


I would say yes, I do not see any problems with this as long as everything is kept at respect level.





situation 2


I would excuse myself , not to go ,it is not appropiate for a teacher to have that kind of relationship with their students.





situation 3


I would go, it was a previous teacher, and from the situation I can see everyone is of age, so I do not see a problem with this.





situation 4


I would also excuse myself from the dinner, simply say it was my pleasure to recommend someone with good standards





situation 5


I would go, if we were friends just lost touch.. then why not? it is always nice cathching up with old friends





situation 6


probably not... at work and the first day .. is probably best to opt out of that one... I would take up an invitation if at the job for a while and this person is part of my team.. or so.





situation 7


I dont think so.. but who knws just because we werent close once does not mean we can be friends... in future





situation 8


been there , done that. this is very typical when on tour ..so i would def be open to hanging out again.





situation 9


not at all appropiate, I would not go.
Reply:idk
Reply:gimme a break..you expect someone to write this essay for you...that is just crazy!!! this question is way too long to even be considered interesting.....
Reply:1, I would love to, but unfortunately, I had already made other plans for this evening.





2, I would love to, but unfortunately, I had already made other plans for this evening.





3, Sorry, but I have other plans.





4, That's very sweet of you, but it's really not necessary.





5. Let's do that soon. Can't do it tonight because I already made other plans.





6. I would love to, but I had already made other plans for this evening.





7. So sorry, I'm all booked up.





8. Maybe so. It was nice meeting you too.





9. Thanks, I'd love to.