To what extent do you think that is important to show positive face in the classroom or language education in general? Explain with at least two examples

Question

This question is based on George Yule's book Pragmatics that he talked about positive and negative face in the chapter Speech Acts and Events

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Answer 1

The most obvious reason is that it builds rapport with students, though that's not specifically an answer rooted in speech act theory.

For a more specific response in line with Austen's theory, positivity helps listeners trust speakers, and it is difficult to meet the felicity conditions of recommending, a prime illocution among instructors, if his students don't trust the recommendations (read: instruction) they are receiving because an instructor is negatively critical, depressed, or the like.