Disagreement Politeness Among Adolescents

Some adolescents are deemed guilty of poor L2 spoken politeness due to their low proficiency level. Thus, to identify the extend of this factor, a contrastive study of disagreement politeness between L1 and L2 was carried out where a discourse completion test method [I] was adapted for data induction and taxonomy of disagreement [2] was adopted for data elicitation. Two variables, i.e. social distance and power difference were analyzed. Findings suggest both variables do significantly influence adolescents' spoken disagreement politeness. The research may conclude that a polite adolescent might not be bound to a language in adhering to politeness despite the variables.