Assisting the development of sociopragmatic skills: Negotiating refusals at work

System

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-140

  Riddiford, Nicky ^a   Holmes, Janet ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Refusals; Role plays; Sociopragmatic development; Stimulated self reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922679532     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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