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An Analysis of Politeness in Teacher's Utterances in an English Classroom

Journal of Language Education and Educational Technology (JLEET) · Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021) · pp. 27–34

DOI
10.33772/jleet.v6i1.17583
ISSN
2502-3306
Published
2021-03-31
Publisher
Halu Oleo University
Language
eng

Abstract

The objectives of this research were three-fold: to explore the types of politeness uttered by the teacher, to analyze the most predominant type of politeness uttered, and to explore the strategies of politeness uttered by the teacher in an English classroom. This research employed a descriptive qualitative analysis. The subject of this research was an English teacher of MAN 1 Kolaka. This research was conducted with two cohorts; they were class XII.IA-2 and class XII.IA-4. The data were collected from three observations and recordings of teacher’s utterances. As many as 117 politeness utterances were identified, encompassing 55 positive politeness utterances, 45 negative politeness utterances, 6 bald on record utterances and 1 off record utterance. There were 17 strategies of politeness used by the English teacher. The most predominant type of politeness was positive politeness, including the strategies of exaggerating sympathy with the Hearer, which was used 3 times, including both the Speaker and the Hearer 6 times, giving gifts to Hearer 26 times, being optimistic 10 times, offering 2 times, notice attend to Hearer 4 times, using group identity mark 3 times, and Intensifying interest to the hearer 1 time.Keywords:Pragmatics, Politeness Strategies, Teacher’s Utterances, English Classroom

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  • Universitas Halu Oleo
  • Universitas Merdeka Malang
  • Institut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari
  • Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
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Nurnia NurniaAffiliation unknown3
Alberth AlberthAffiliation unknown3
La InoUniversitas Halu Oleo3
Kamaluddin KamaluddinUniversitas Merdeka Malang3
Aderlaepe AderlaepeUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Sidu MarafaadAffiliation unknown2
Rohmana RohmanaUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Aris BadaraUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Muhammad Kurniawan RachmanInstitut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari1
Nurshiyam HanrolanAffiliation unknown1
Muhammad YazidInstitut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember1
Mukti RamadhanAffiliation unknown1
Samsuddin SamsuddinAffiliation unknown1
Mariani MarianiAffiliation unknown1
Sartiah SartiahAffiliation unknown1
Asrun LioAffiliation unknown1
Gida MuthiasariAffiliation unknown1
La Ode Malik NurAffiliation unknown1
Masniah MasniahAffiliation unknown1
Juhaepa JuhaepaUniversitas Halu Oleo1
La Ode NggawuUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Hendriati AfebriAffiliation unknown1
Ader LaepeAffiliation unknown1
Jenny SamosirAffiliation unknown1
La Ode Sidu MarafatAffiliation unknown1
Wa Ode Siti Nur IndahAffiliation unknown1
Sahlan SahlanAffiliation unknown1
Endriyatin EndriyatinAffiliation unknown1
Amiruddin RahimAffiliation unknown1
Nur Iman SaiAffiliation unknown1
Yeni YeniAffiliation unknown1
Fadlan SalimAffiliation unknown1
Zalili SailanAffiliation unknown1
Anugrah Puspita Ayu M.Affiliation unknown1
Risma Fitria Uky YandiniAffiliation unknown1
Amiruddin AmiruddinAffiliation unknown1
Firda AriyantiAffiliation unknown1

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