and Japanese group discussions. The results revealed that the purposes of metapragmatic commentary used among both Thai and Japanese speakers included 3 major goals: assessing speech activities, organizing talk, and clarifying communicative intention... of communication. Thai speakers’ communication style tends to be more direct, while Japanese prefer to modify their opinion to be consistent with others by expressing hesitation.

” that occurs during Thai and Japanese group discussions. The results revealed that the purposes of metapragmatic commentary used among both Thai and Japanese speakers included 3 major goals: assessing speech activities, organizing talk, and clarifying... and Japanese reflects different styles of communication. Thai speakers’ communication style tends to be more direct, while Japanese prefer to modify their opinion to be consistent with others by expressing hesitation