No.

Positive Politeness Strategies

Frequency (No. of Times Evident)

Staffroom Interactions

(SI)

House Assembly Sessions

(HA)

Guidance and Counselling Sessions (GS)

1.

Use in-group identity markers.

0

1

9

2.

Seek agreement.

0

0

1

3.

Avoid disagreement.

2

0

0

4.

Jokes.

0

1

0

5.

Offer, promise.

2

0

1

6.

Include both Speaker(S) and Hearer (H) in the activity.

0

0

1

7.

Give gifts to H.

2

2

2

Total No. of Times per Setting

6

4

14