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Exercise 10: Simulation Exercises for Responding to Compliments
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Core Strategy |
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Important Supporting Strategy |
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Aditional Strategies |
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Evaluation of the
Sample Dialogues
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Strategies
Your evaluation
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Using an appropriate level of
politeness
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Response strategies used
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Sample Dialogue 1
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Using the polite desu/masu form (appropriate for a boss)
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Downgrading the compliments
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Offering background information
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Sample Dialogue 2
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Using the plain form (appropriate for
a friend of equal status)
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Questioning the compliments
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Thanking (accepting)
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Sample Dialogue 3
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Using the polite desu/masu form (appropriate for a boss)
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§ Offering
background information
§ Providing
positive comments
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Note
that the above dialogues are just samples, and there are various other ways to
respond to compliments that are also appropriate. We encourage you to observe the language of Japanese speakers
and experiment in real-life communication using the strategies you learned
in these exercises. Observe also how people react to you when you
give and respond to compliments.
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Remember that an important strategy for learning speech acts can
be to gather data, almost like a
mini-researcher. You can indicate to
your interlocutors that you are not sure how to perform a given speech act such
as complimenting and ask them for their opinion. You can also check with them as to whether
your response to the speech act is appropriate in that situation.
View Dialogue 1
(Situation 1) Transcript
View Dialogue 2
(Situation 2) Transcript
View Dialogue 3 (Situation 3) Transcript
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