Significance

The study will help Arab ESL learners at the U of R,  as the study will test successful and unsuccessful attempts to engage in small talk within academic and social communities and provide some effective techniques for using small talk.

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Native speakers can understand the social barriers Arab students may have, and maybe the findings will explain the communication challenges because of linguistic and cultural factors.

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The university can share the results with all instructors to facilitate their adaptation and courses designs.

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Find the correlation between the small talk activity challenges and both linguistic and cultural factors.

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Formulate abstract and universal laws to enhance the future international quality university life.

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