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Abstract The current study focused on the necessity to expand the current level of the speech act studies in inter-language and cross-cultural pragmatics in Mongolia. It compared request realization tactics used by native speakers of Mongolian (n=86) and those of English (n=87) based on directness classifications identified by Blum Kulka et al.(1989). The data were gathered through the discourse completion test (DCT) in which the participants completed the discourse with request patterns depending on eight social situations used in this research. According to the degree of directness, all request expressions were classified into three major categories direct, conventionally indirect, and non-conventionally indirect. The results of the study show that direct strategies were mainly preferred by Mongolian participants in situations where they know the hearer well not depending his/her social status while English speaking participants tended to use more conventionally indirect speeches in the same situations. Keywords: speech act of request; Mongolian; American; undergraduate students
The study focused on the outcomes of the online courses developed consistent with the requirements of educational system in Mongolia, including the National University of Mongolia and tailored to the needs of lifelong education for the public and students. The results of the survey are as follows: 1) In order to develop e-learning courses meeting the students’ needs, the Open edX system which is widely used in the world's educational system and which is also compatible with other systems was chosen as the comprehensive system to develop the e-courses; 2) The courses of 4 master's degree programs including Business Information Systems and Business English were developed by the team of developers consisting of content developer specialist teachers, e-content developer experts and system developers who placed the e-course contents in the edX systems and showed that developing online course is a result of collaborative work; 3) The flexibility of the training has been enhanced and improved after testing the contents of the online courses over the last semester. 4) The needs for improving regulations of delivering online courses are addressed and reported to the related authorities in order to reach broader audience.
