A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...

ead this word!” in order to cover my embarrassment caused from asking for
help.
Jiun Sheng mentioned the advantages that he received from the cooperation strategy.
I was happy when someone wanted me to teach them. In class, I perceived
my classmates’ appreciation when responding to their questions. I was
pleased that my English was good enough for the others to rely on me. I was a
passionate person when I aggressively clarified for the others some difficult
words they didn’t know.
Jiun Sheng also perceived that the cooperation strategy would let him increase his
friendship with classmates.
It was opportunity for interaction, learning, and assisting, so we later became
good friends.
Jiun Sheng held his positive attitude for the cooperation strategy. He described some
opportunities to give the others a hand. In contrast, he also was worried when his
interlocutors asked him a word with which he was not acquainted:
In group discussion, I was proud that someone asked me a word I learned
before. However, I also had a perception that if someone asked me a difficult
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word which I did not know, I would be very abashed and frustrated. When