Intermediate-level learner Table 1. Internal Modification: 12 situations Zero marking Openers Please Modals Others Mean f % Intermediate-level learner 1 0.8 9 7.5 11 9.1 5.5 4.5 High-level learner 5 4.1 8 6.6 7 5.8 6 6.5 5.4 Native speaker Ahmad Mousa B. Altasan et al. The Pragmalinguistic Competence in Requests: A Comparison between One Native and Two Non-native Speakers of English. American Journal of Educational Research, 2016, Vol. 4, No. 4, 353-359. doi:10.12691/education-4-4-9 © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Science and Education Publishing.