ABSTRACT In many societies, single-sex education is embedded in a culture that maintains women subordination with possible ramifications to their language performance and role in society. This paper seeks to explain the cultural grounds for Palestinian female direct refusals in their L1 culture and the consequences for their linguistic behaviour in multicultural educational contexts. For data collection, the study employed a self-reporting survey followed by interviews with 10 Palestinian female study abroad students. Results showed that fear of gossip-mongering, reputation and family, and inter-group anxiety constricted the females’ refusals pushing them to terminate communication at an earlier stage in their home educational context. However, in a western study abroad context, the students were more responsive to the culturally diverse context. They conceived their home culture as constraining their refusal performance at home, becoming more self-sovereign and their reactions were more engaging, elaborated and less direct in the foreign educational context.

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巴勒斯坦阿拉伯文化中的性别拒绝：对多元文化多元教育环境的影响

摘要 在许多社会中，单性别教育植根于维持女性从属地位的文化，这可能会对她们的语言表现和社会角色产生影响。本文旨在解释巴勒斯坦女性在其 L1 文化中直接拒绝的文化原因，以及她们在多元文化教育环境中的语言行为的后果。为了收集数据，该研究采用了自我报告调查，随后采访了 10 名巴勒斯坦女留学生。结果表明，对八卦、名誉和家庭以及群体间焦虑的恐惧限制了女性在家庭教育环境中尽早终止交流的拒绝。然而，在西方留学背景下，学生对多元文化背景的反应更灵敏。