Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- 1. Introducing the 'teaching' and 'learning' of (im)politeness -- I. (Im)politeness in L2 instructional contexts -- 2. Teaching politeness? -- 3. Voices from the Japanese language classroom: Honorifics do far more than politeness -- 4. (Im)politeness and L2 socialization: Using reactions from online fora to a world leader's 'impolite' behavior -- 5. Teaching and learning (im)politeness: A look at the CEFR and pedagogical research -- II. 'Teaching' and 'learning' (about) (im)politeness in L1 and L2 -- 6. Paths to politeness: Exploring how professional interpreters develop an understanding of politeness norms in British Sign Language and English -- 7. "After all, the last thing I wanted to be was rude": Raising of pragmatic awareness through reflective writing -- 8. Children instructing kin and peers in politeness routines in Japanese -- 9. Epilogue: Impoliteness in learning and teaching -- Bionotes -- Author index -- Subject index