Accommodating inappropriate language: how students react to the translation of inappropriate language in the classroom

Based on experiences in the classroom, this paper examines some of the issues associated with using swearwords for academic exercises and in authentic communication situations. Within societies, politeness and impoliteness are extremely coded and so there is a natural tendency for native speakers to...

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Main Author: Tracey Simpson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/1449