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Read the exchange :
Teacher : Shall we go out to the garden and find out the names of those flowers near the corridor?
Student : Yes, yes, yeah.
Teacher : Yes, Ma’am, please.
Here, the teacher—

Options

A

relates language function with politeness

B

makes a polite suggestion to start reading

C

confirms the student’s request

D

offers an alternative language activity

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Correct Answer :

Option A

relates language function with politeness

Solution :

The correct option is relates language function with politeness.


Step-by-step Explanation:


1. Analyze the Conversation:
- Teacher: "Shall we go out to the garden and find out the names of those flowers near the corridor?"
- Student: "Yes, yes, yeah."
- Teacher: "Yes, Ma’am, please."


2. Examine the Teacher's Prompting:
The student responded to a proposal using informal and repeated affirmative words ("Yes, yes, yeah"). The teacher then models an appropriate, polite response ("Yes, Ma’am, please").


3. Identify the Purpose:
The teacher is demonstrating how the function of agreeing to a suggestion should be expressed with proper register and politeness when speaking to a teacher. Therefore, the teacher relates language function with politeness by explicitly modeling polite language conventions for the student.

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