Multiple choice

Read the following exchange:Teacher: Shall we go out to the garden and find out the names of those flowers near the wall? Students: Yes, yes, yeah ... Teacher: Yes, Ma'am, please. Here, the teacher

  1. confirms the students' request

  2. offers an alternative language activity

  3. relates language function with politeness

  4. makes a polite suggestion to start reading
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The teacher demonstrates how language function (making a suggestion to go to the garden) is integrated with politeness markers ('Yes, Ma'am, please'). The teacher is showing students that being polite is essential to effective communication - they acknowledge the students' enthusiastic response ('Yes, yes, yeah...') while modeling the appropriate polite form. This relates the functional purpose of language with social politeness conventions.

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