英语课堂会话中大学生的面子意识和老师挽救面子的策略

论文摘要

礼貌是一种语用现象,已经成为人们的一种共识。言语交际中的礼貌策略真正目的是为了更好地达到交际目的,满足人们的面子需求。面子是每个人意欲为自己争取的公共的自我形象,可以具体分为正面面子和负面面子。外国学者倾向于从礼貌和面子的定义、概念、分类等方面不断进行研究,完善了理论本身。而中国学者在引入礼貌和面子这些概念的同时,还将它与中国特定文化背景相结合,又进一步将礼貌和面子应用到不同的特定交际场所。但是很少学者将面子和礼貌结合起来,并应用到英语课堂会话中。本文在前人研究的基础上,基于面子理论和礼貌策略框架,采用测试、观察、课堂录音等实验方法,试图了解英语课堂会话中学生的面子意识和老师采取挽救面子的礼貌策略,采用线性回归方程分析检验课堂上老师的礼貌策略与学生面子意识的相关性以及策略对学生英语学习的兴趣是否具有显著性。首先,针对学生的面子需求改编设计相应的测试题,测试学生的正面面子意识、负面面子意识和减轻威胁面子行为意识。然后,跟踪录音和课堂观察,再解码得到真实语料,归纳分类,选取典型事例分析说明老师采取的各种礼貌策略。最后,采用SPSS软件对实验数据进行分析,检验相关性和显著性。实验结果显示:学生正面面子意识强而负面面子意识相对较弱;老师采取了以下各种礼貌策略:正面礼貌策略(同意、避免、重复、鼓励、开玩笑、提供帮助、赞许等)、负面礼貌策略(模糊限制语、道歉、尊重等)、间接性策略(暗示);老师的礼貌策略和学生的面子意识之间不具相关性,但是对学生英语学习兴趣影响具有显著性。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Research Background
• 1.2 Significance of the Paper
• 1.3 Organization of the Paper
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• 2.1 Politeness as a Pragmatic Phenomenon
• 2.2 Personality Factors in English Classroom Interaction
• 2.3 Previous Studies on Face and Politeness in English Classroom Interaction
• 2.3.1 Previous Studies on Face and Politeness in English Classroom Interaction at home
• 2.3.2 Previous Studies on Face and Politeness in English Classroom Interaction Abroad
• Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation
• 3.1 Lakoff ’s Politeness Rules
• 3.2 Brown and Levinson’s Politeness and Face Theory
• 3.2.1 Fact-threatening Acts
• 3.2.2 Strategies
• 3.2.3 Further Explanation of the Strategies
• 3.3 Leech’s Politeness Principle
• Chapter 4 Research Methodology
• 4.1 Research Questions
• 4.2 Mixed Research Method
• 4.3 Research Design
• 4.3.1 Subjects
• 4.3.2 Materials
• 4.3.3 Instruments
• 4.3.4 Procedures
• 4.3.5 Data Collection
• 4.3.6 Data Analysis
• Chapter 5 Research Result
• 5.1 Description of Results
• 5.1.1 Students’Face Realization
• 5.1.2 Strategies Adopted by Teachers
• 5.1.3 Correlation Test between Face Realization and Strategies
• 5.1.4 Significance Test between Strategies and Interests
• 5.2 Summary of Results
• Chapter 6 Discussion
• 6.1 Face Realization by Students
• 6.1.1 Negative Face Realization
• 6.1.2 Softening Face-threatening Degree Realization
• 6.1.3 Positive Face Realization
• 6.2 Strategies Adopted by Teachers
• 6.2.1 Positive Politeness Strategies
• 6.2.2 Negative Politeness Strategies
• 6.2.3 Off-record Politeness Strategies
• 6.3 Effect of Strategies on English Learning Interests
• Conclusion
• Findings
• Limitations of the study
• Suggestion for future research
• References
• Appendix A Test Paper
• Appendix B Tables
• Appendix C Transcriptions
• Appendix D 详细中文摘要
• Acknowledgements