POLITENESS IN ENGLISH

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Writer(s): 
Saeko Fukushima & Yuko Iwata

The purposes of this paper are: (1) to investigate
the production of politeness in English by Japanese
advanced EFL students and (2) to point out the difficulties
even advanced students have in producing
polite expressions in English. First the experiment
which was undertaken is described. The results showed
that even advanced EFL students have difficulties
in producing polite expressions in speech. The results
were then analyzed by contrasting the way native
English speakers made requests and invitations with
the way Japanese EFL students produced them.

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