TEACHER’S POLITENESS IN EFL CLASS
Politeness is considered to promote effective interaction between people. In the context of language teaching, it is believed to enhance learning by providing a lively and friendly atmosphere in classroom (Jiang, 2010). This study investigates an EFL classroom in terms of interaction between Engl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Informascope
2015-10-01
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| Series: | International Online Journal of Education and Teaching |
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| Online Access: | http://iojet.org/index.php/IOJET/article/view/76/115 |
| Summary: | Politeness is considered to promote effective interaction between people. In the context of
language teaching, it is believed to enhance learning by providing a lively and friendly
atmosphere in classroom (Jiang, 2010). This study investigates an EFL classroom in terms of
interaction between English learners and a native English speaking teacher. The aim of the
study is to see whether the effects of politeness strategies differ when students and teacher do
not share the same culture and native language. Two hours of classes were observed and taperecorded
by the researcher. The recordings were transcribed and analyzed by making use of
related politeness strategies and functions of speech. Also, three randomly chosen students
were interviewed after the class. The findings showed that politeness existed in that EFL
classroom and it helped students to have positive feelings towards the lesson and motivated
them to participate more in classes. |
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| ISSN: | 2148-225X 2148-225X |