Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Politeness is an important factor in human interaction.In the past two decades or so, much has been written and different theories have emerged about politeness.This is a case study of a Chinese EFL teacher's linguistic politeness in classroom based on observation, recorded data and interview with both the teacher and the students.Then a conclusion is drawn that politeness does exist in EFL classroom and it does contribute to both teaching and learning.
Author: Xiaoqing Jiang
Institution: Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1997657524