Teaching the universals of politeness

• Ardith J. Meier ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Northern Iowa

     University of Northern Iowa

     City of Cedar Falls, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: ELT journal: An international journal for teachers of English to speakers of other languages, ISSN 0951-0893, Vol. 51, Nº 1, 1997, págs. 21-28
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper argues that research invoking Brown and Levinson's theory of politeness in order to determine ‘rules of politeness’ should not form the basis of the teaching of ‘politeness phenomena’ in foreign and second language pedagogy. Rather, a refocusing is called for which views politeness as appropriateness. Such a view has implications for the foreign and second language classroom that centre on cultural awareness-raising.