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Hüttner, Julia – Classroom Discourse, 2014
While disagreements are often considered dispreferred choices and potentially face-threatening acts due to their oppositional nature, this perception does not adequately reflect the importance of disagreeing for many types of interaction, such as problem-solving and decision-making. Developing ability in performing this speech act therefore…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Speech Acts, German