Między grzecznością a skutecznością. Nauczycielskie akty negujące stosowane podczas rozmowy maturalnej
Between politeness and effectiveness. Teachers’ negation acts used during oral Matura exams

Summary/Abstract: The article presents results of qualitative analysis of negation acts used by examinersduring oral Polish language school-leaving (Matura) exams. The text is divided into threeparts, the first one describing the Matura exam in the Polish language, and discussinggenre determinants of the examination conversation, recognizing that one of them ispoliteness. In the next part, politeness in the teacher – student relationship is characterized,referring to the Polish model of politeness and two basic principles: autonomyand kindness. In the third part, results of the analysis of negation acts are presented,including answers to the questions: What acts of negation do examiners use? How arethey expressed? Are these acts of negation polite? The material is based on 48 oral Matura exams (in total nearly 200 minutes of recordings) recorded during an oral mock Matura exam in the Polish language.

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