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Book: Exploring New Paths in Language Pedagogy

Chapter: 17. The use of DVD Films as Multimodal Texts to Raise Contextual Awareness in the Acquisition of Polite Words in English: The Case of 'Please'

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.26020

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1 Introduction
2 'Please': Definition, acquisition and context
3 Context as given vs. context as renewed and created
4 The use of DVD clips for analysis of context
5 The analysis of 'please' via films: an example
6 Pedagogical implication
7 Conclusions

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