... mostly living in Vietnam (working for Apollo, Language Links, British council) and some abroad (mostly in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong). Based on English- speaking informants’ status parameters, ... produced as a speech act, namely, an act of announcing, disclosing, informing, reporting, advising performed via an utterance by participants in interaction. Giving bad news is an illocutionary act. ... Strategy 7: Impersonalize the speaker and the hearer. Avoid the pronouns I and you- A: That car is parked in a no-parking area.- B: It’s mine, officer- A: Well, it’ll have to have a parking...