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POLITENESS  PRESENTATIONS    

(Video  +  PPT)  for  Wed,  November  4  


 
Present  1  or  more  ‘stories’  or  scenarios  that  include  key  terms  from  the  2  readings  (Yule  and  
Brown/Levinson).  The  basic  idea  is  to  act  out  your  ‘stories’  and  then  explain  them  in  your  
powerpoint  expositions;  or,  explain  them  in  your  video,  whichever  way  you  believe  will  be  
more  effective.  
 
o   Presentations  should  be  approximately  10  –  15  minutes  long.  
o   Presentations  will  include  videos  with  all  group  members  participating.  Of  course,  it  is  
understood  that  you  will  have  to  organize  (edit)  individual  clips  together.    
 
Groups  will  be  3  to  5  students    
o   Groups  of  3  should  be  about  10  minutes.    
o   Groups  of  5  should  be  about  13  –  15  minutes.  
 
Include  key  terms  and  concepts  from  the  reading,  such  as:  
•   face  
•   positive  face  /  negative  face  
•   face  wants  
•   FTAs  /  FSAs  
•   on  record/  off  record/  bald  on  record  
•   mitigating  devices  
•   politeness  
•   positive/negative  politeness  
•   positive/negative  politeness  strategies  
•   solidarity  strategies  
•   deference  strategies  
•   pre-­‐sequences  
 
Should  include  at  least  8  of  the  terms  listed  above  
 
 

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