Challenges in teaching remedial apologies to learners of English as a foreign language

The paper dwells on the process of acquiring communicative competence by presenting three apology patterns which foreign language teachers should be competent to recognize and differentiate between when teaching speech acts and politeness strategies. In particular, three remedial apologetic models a...

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Main Author: Deyana Peneva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen 2016-11-01
Series:Studies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT
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Online Access:http://silc.shu.bg/images/issues/2016/SILC_2016_1_117-124_8_EN.pdf
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Summary:The paper dwells on the process of acquiring communicative competence by presenting three apology patterns which foreign language teachers should be competent to recognize and differentiate between when teaching speech acts and politeness strategies. In particular, three remedial apologetic models are discussed in brief with respect to their form, function, and use as well as the socio-cultural aspect of the communicative acts they constitute.
ISSN:2534-952X
2534-9538