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The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers


Expressing opinions

Asking for someone's opinion

asking for someone’s opinion

what do you reckon?

reckon

Attitudes towards expressing opinions

thinking before you speak

ability to express opinions

against exaggeration

hedging in expression of opinions

consideration of others in expression of opinions

expressing opinions calmly

understatement

Disagreeing with someone

against ‘direct criticisms’

softening disagreement with partial agreement

against constraining others’ opinions

tolerance of other opinions in expressing your own

not being intolerant of other people’s opinions

how to avoid imposing your opinion

against imposing your opinion

not criticizing someone else’s opinion

Responding as an individual

holding your own opinion

against needing to have the same opinion

having different opinions

Telling someone what you think

against forcing opinions on others

I think versus I know

justifying what you think (when you think something bad)

not saying 'I know'









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