Based on Brown &Levinson's Politeness Strategies and Leech's Politeness Principle, this study is an analysis of Chinese college students'face- saving strategies in EFL class. In this study, the subject...Based on Brown &Levinson's Politeness Strategies and Leech's Politeness Principle, this study is an analysis of Chinese college students'face- saving strategies in EFL class. In this study, the subjects are 116 freshmen, non- English majors in Nan Jing Institute of Industry and Technology. Selecting totally 60 students from them and dividing them into two groups according to their scores of College English En-trance Examination. The collected data from questionnaire were analyzed by statistical software SPSS16.0 version. The major findings from the analysis include the following:(i)In the EFL class, high- scored students have a stronger tendency to protect teachers'face than low- scored students while saving their own face.(ii)Positive politeness strategies, such as affirmation and encouragement from teachers, will better protect high- scored students'positive face. (iii)Both of the two groups prefer that their language errors should be corrected indirectly and euphemistically in the EFL class.展开更多
文摘Based on Brown &Levinson's Politeness Strategies and Leech's Politeness Principle, this study is an analysis of Chinese college students'face- saving strategies in EFL class. In this study, the subjects are 116 freshmen, non- English majors in Nan Jing Institute of Industry and Technology. Selecting totally 60 students from them and dividing them into two groups according to their scores of College English En-trance Examination. The collected data from questionnaire were analyzed by statistical software SPSS16.0 version. The major findings from the analysis include the following:(i)In the EFL class, high- scored students have a stronger tendency to protect teachers'face than low- scored students while saving their own face.(ii)Positive politeness strategies, such as affirmation and encouragement from teachers, will better protect high- scored students'positive face. (iii)Both of the two groups prefer that their language errors should be corrected indirectly and euphemistically in the EFL class.
