or gracefully declining invitations
A study on english politeness strategies for declining invitations with reference to the vietnamese equivalents
... compliment or refusal A speech act might contain just one word such as "No" to perform a refusal or several words or sentences such as: "I' m sorry, I can't, I have a prior engagement" It is important ... Declarations words change the world S causes X Representatives makes words fits the world S believes X Expressives makes words fits the world S feels X Directives make the world fits words S wants ... did interlocutors of equal power or students disagreeing with professors Of course, the pedagogical context is important as well Neither power nor severity accounts for how professors may use disagreement...
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When the Discussion Gets Stalled or Heated
... Keep power in your pocket (e.g. attorney, credible reference) Keep the door open Conflict as a Choice Point Explore whether conflict is a signal for a change View the disagreement as a choice point and explore options for moving ... Pause when formulating judgment Understand what was meant by actions or words Reflect on information and ask for additional information Reinterpret by applying an alternate explanation Redirect conversation toward ... Dismissive – interrupting, talking over, ignoring {men engage more frequently than women} • Exclusionary – leaving someone out of the meeting, discussion or social gathering • Undermining – going behind the back of others or using insults to discredit arguments...
Ngày tải lên: 22/08/2012, 22:07
Quagmire or Gold Mine?
... make digital/hard copy of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage, the ... the store’s responses In the software shopping domain, Shopbot was given the home pages for 12 online software vendors Shopbot learned to extract product information from each of the stores, ... in Information Retrieval (Copenhagen, Denmark), June 12, 1992, pp 318–329 Doorenbos, R.B Etzioni, O and Weld, D.S A scalable comparison-shopping agent for the world-wide web Technical Report 96–01–03,...
Ngày tải lên: 31/08/2012, 16:47
Ship or Sheep Third Edition
... lunch for for '-9 {6} 16 untr /ieiman pair Minimal words a A27a Listen and repeat the words azzub You will hear five words from each minimal pair For each word write l for /e/ (sound 1) or for lal ... in th Thiscordwas in the sea short He wa 4/ I_ I ti He was short lt'sasmall H -z!rt It'sa small port fox forks Lookfor the fox -tA \-/' Port *-Z-=jy4:="a Lookfor the forks spot sPort I don'tliketnesespots ... sound Sports reportfrom Radio Station ANNOUNCER: morning Roarers This the football team arrived backfrom yorr LauraShortis our sportsreporter, she was at the airport and LAURA sHoRT:cood morning,...
Ngày tải lên: 03/10/2012, 15:20
Example about Project or Plan in Writing Task 1
... in order to reach the two viewing platforms There are now plans to build below the foundations of the tower These plans include the development of five underground levels that will incorporate ... facilities, a cinema and museum and two floors of underground parking Although details have yet to be finalised, the principle is that the five floors will be connected by two vertical passenger ... tower In addition, the floor immediately below the tower, which is planned to house the ticket office, will also consist of a large atrium with a glass ceiling so that visitors can look directly...
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