Author(s)

Zhilan Zeng ^1,2

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Humanities, Hunan City University, Yiyang, China
² Faculty of Education, City University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Corresponding Author

Zhilan Zeng

ABSTRACT

Politeness is an important symbol of human civilization, maintaining human social relations, coordinates people's communication behaviors, and playing a large part in avoiding conflicts in interpersonal communication. Politeness Principle is a basic rule in human communication, with the ultimate goal to achieve smooth communication. The application of Politeness Principle into EFL speaking class can improve students' speaking ability and intercultural communication competence which has certain practical significance.

KEYWORDS

Politeness, Politeness principle, Efl speaking class

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhilan Zeng, Politeness Principle and Its Application in Efl Speaking Class. Adult and Higher Education (2022) Vol. 4: 54-59. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aduhe.2022.040510.

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