Andy Sir English Chamber 英語密室

Andy Sir English Chamber 英語密室 FRSA, PhD, MPhil, MA, MSc, PgDE, BA (Hons), LPAT, Ausgelassen Arts Academy

31/08/2026

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26 Jul 2026PhD. 10 years ago. A journey full of challenges and changes.
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26 Jul 2026

PhD. 10 years ago. A journey full of challenges and changes.

22 Jul 2026Seto, A. (2026). ‘Yeah’: The speech act of agreement in the Hong Kong Corpus of Spoken English (HKCSE). The A...
23/07/2026

22 Jul 2026

Seto, A. (2026). ‘Yeah’: The speech act of agreement in the Hong Kong Corpus of Spoken English (HKCSE). The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10(3), 930.

Abstract:
The selection of authentic linguistic realisations in language teaching is important for learners to acquire how the target language is used in real-life communication. With the availability of corpus data collected in natural contexts, the authenticity of EFL materials could be improved. In this paper, the speech act of agreement in workplace communication in the Hong Kong Corpus of Spoken English is examined in terms of its frequency and its linguistic realisations in different contexts. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were conducted, including manual annotation of the spoken data, frequency generation using SpeechActConc, and analysis of the features of expressing agreement in authentic communicative situations. The findings show that the forms of expressing agreement, such as ‘yeah’ or ‘that’s right’, are very different from common formulaic expressions, including ‘I agree’ or ‘I agree with you’. Instances of agreement are observed across six spoken business genres: informal office talk, interview (job and placement), meeting, Q&A session, service encounter (airport and hotel), and telephone and conference call, with the highest frequency in informal office talk. It is concluded that corpus data serves as a valuable resource for exposing EFL learners to naturally occurring expressions of agreement, thereby facilitating the acquisition of authentic English usage.

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‘Yeah’: The speech act of agreement in the Hong Kong Corpus of Spoken English (HKCSE) Authors Andy Seto The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, Hong Kong Keywords: agreement, corpus linguistics, speech act annotation, spoken discourse, workplace English Abstract The selection of authent...

19 Jul 2026直接英譯「車輛不准在此上落客及等候」可以是：No Picking Up / Dropping Off Passengers or Waiting Here。簡化一點可以用：No Stopping or Waiting直...
21/07/2026

19 Jul 2026

直接英譯「車輛不准在此上落客及等候」可以是：No Picking Up / Dropping Off Passengers or Waiting Here。簡化一點可以用：No Stopping or Waiting

直接中譯No Parking, Waiting, or Stopping Here 可以是：「此處禁止泊車、等候及上落客」。簡化一點可以用：「嚴禁泊車，等候或停車」

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