Abstract
Many people, even after spending a lifetime studying a foreign language are prone to get stuck in a certain grammatical domain no matter the efforts made and the amount of the target language input offered in the classroom. Unfortunately, the great majority who pursuits their dreams to be the closest possible to a native like speaker, the lack of ability to analyze and synthesize linguistic elements makes them persist in the same errors, establishing a phenomenon known as Fossilization in their learning process. In fact, Fossilization can occur in all learning process levels: phonological, grammatical, lexical and pragmatic and the errors made seem to be similar from individual to individual. In an attempt to avoid this Fossilization process concerning the pragmatically ability to communicate, this article aims to present a suggestion of a role-play activity involving strategies to enhance pragmatic awareness related to politeness theory.
Highlights
Many people, even after spending a lifetime studying a foreign language are prone to get stuck in a certain grammatical domain no matter the efforts made and the amount of the target language input offered in the classroom
For the great majority who keeps pursuing their dreams to be quite fluent in L2, the lack of ability to analyze and synthesize linguistic elements makes them persist in the same errors, establishing a phenomenon known as Fossilization in their learning process
It is noteworthy that Fossilization can occur in all learning process levels: phonological, grammatical, lexical and pragmatic and, according to most teacherspoint of view, the errors seem to be similar from individual to individual
Summary
Alongside the studies in the field of pragmatics, some definitions have been offered by theorists to politeness and impoliteness, most of them concerning the scientific abstracted bias of the terms. Culpeper (2011) says that politeness can show up in several forms, keenly influenced by culture. He illustrates the situation in which someone has been invited to a British dinner. He affirms, politeness is expected to be expressed in three ways: saying thank you when having something passed – the salt, for example -, praising the cook on the food served, and categorically not burping. In the attempt to find a balance between these two positions, Culpeper (2011) suggests a response like its kind of you In this way, the compliment becomes partly due to the value of the food and partly directed to the kindness of the person who praised the cook. Nowadays it is impossible to talk about politeness without mentioning Brown and Levinsons theory which will be briefly explored
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