Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the teaching of apologizing as a speech act in EFL Classroom. For this purpose, the definition and the communicative function of apologies are explored, aiming at crystalizing the importance of apologies in EFL. The paper finally provides four speech acts awareness-promoting activities that incorporate the apology speech act into a set of explicit pragmatic instruction.

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