Abstract In English class, teacher talk is a tool for organizing teaching activities, an important means of controlling students’ classroom behaviors, and the carrier of language input. As a normal rule of language use, politeness has become an important topic of pragmatic research, which aims to weaken conflicts and contradictions for improvement of interpersonal relationship and harmony among people. In the present study, the author analyzes politeness in teacher talk in junior English class from the perspective of politeness principle with the purpose to find out how the politeness phenomenon is manifested in instructions, questioning and feedback-giving. Besides, the thesis also involves a detailed data analysis concerning teacher talk in junior English class based on an empirical study, in which problems about the employment of teacher talk are reflected and then some suggestions are put forward for junior English teachers to improve the effectiveness of teacher talk and enhance the teaching quality. 55019

Keywords: teacher talk; politeness principle; junior English class

摘要在英语课堂中，教师话语是组织教学活动的工具，是控制学生课堂行为的重要手段，也是进行目的语输入的载体。作为语言使用规则之一，礼貌原则已经成为语用学研究的重要内容，其功能在于削弱矛盾和冲突，改善人际关系，保持人与人之间融洽与和谐。本文运用礼貌原则，以初中英语课堂教师话语中的课堂指令、教师提问和反馈为例，浅析其中所体现的礼貌原则。此外，本文在实证研究的基础上，分析初中英语教师话语，指出在初中英语教学中，英语教师在运用教师话语方面存在的问题，并提出相关建议，从而完善英语教师课堂话语实效性，提高教学质量，促进英语教学。

毕业论文关键词：教师话语；礼貌原则；初中英语课堂

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

2.1 Teacher Talk 1

2.2 Politeness 3

2.3 Previous Studies on Politeness in Teacher Talk 5

3. Politeness in Teacher Talk 6

3.1 Politeness in Instructions 6

3.2 Politeness in Questioning 7

3.3 Politeness in Feedback- giving 8

4. Analysis on Politeness Principle in Teacher Talk in Junior English Class 9

4.1 Questionnaire on Politeness Principle in Teacher Talk in Junior English Class 9

4.2 Problems 13

4.3 Suggestions 14

5. Conclusion 15

Works Cited 17

1. Introduction 

In recent years, studies of teacher talk have received considerable attention. As Nunan points out, teacher talk plays a significant role both in organizing the classroom teaching and in acquiring the foreign language; it is not only an instrument for teachers to implement teaching plan, but also the main source of language input for foreign language learners( Nunan,1991:42). In junior English class, teacher talk works as a special language used by teachers and it is very different from other languages in non-English class in that it serves both the teaching medium and the learning aim. Teacher talk on the basis of politeness principle can not only improve the relationship between teachers and students but also help teachers observe politeness principle to avoid pragmatic failure. 

This paper aims to analyze teacher talk in junior English class from the perspective of the politeness principle. The study is undertaken to find out how the politeness phenomenon is manifested in instructions, questioning and feedback-giving and what politeness strategies are adopted to show politeness in junior English class, which helps English teachers improve the effectiveness of teacher talk and enhance the teaching efficiency.