Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Table of contents vii
4. 1. Introducing the ‘teaching’ and ‘learning’ of (im)politeness 1
5. I. (Im)politeness in L2 instructional contexts
6. 2. Teaching politeness? 23
7. 3. Voices from the Japanese language classroom: Honorifics do far more than politeness 53
8. 4. (Im)politeness and L2 socialization: Using reactions from online fora to a world leader’s ‘impolite’ behavior 79
9. 5. Teaching and learning (im)politeness: A look at the CEFR and pedagogical research 113
10. II. ‘Teaching’ and ‘learning’ (about) (im)politeness in L1 and L2
11. 6. Paths to politeness: Exploring how professional interpreters develop an understanding of politeness norms in British Sign Language and English 155
12. 7. “After all, the last thing I wanted to be was rude”: Raising of pragmatic awareness through reflective writing 185
13. 8. Children instructing kin and peers in politeness routines in Japanese 211
14. 9. Epilogue: Impoliteness in learning and teaching 247
15. Bionotes 255
16. Author index 259
17. Subject index 264