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Saying sorry in advance for not turning up: a study of EFL teachers' text messages

What are the pragmatic features of apologies utilizing communications technologies in workplace settings?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2014

Mark Wyatt
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A few years ago, I spent one year as Director of Studies (DoS) of a language school on the south coast of England, a first job back in the UK after living abroad for 18 years. The job was fine, but one particular responsibility was occasionally stressful: arranging cover for absent teachers at short notice. Sometimes I was free to teach the class myself and happily did so, but there were times when I had other things to do. Sometimes, several teachers would phone in sick at the same time.

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English Today , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , March 2014 , pp. 48 - 54
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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