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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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Kamaluddin KamaluddinAffiliation unknown3
Aderlaepe AderlaepeUniversitas Halu Oleo2
La InoUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Lelly SuhartiniUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Muhammad Khusnun MuhsinAffiliation unknown2
Fuad Mahfud AssidiqAffiliation unknown2
Muhammad Kurniawan RachmanInstitut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari1
Aris BadaraUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Mariani MarianiAffiliation unknown1
Sartiah SartiahAffiliation unknown1
La Ode Malik NurAffiliation unknown1
Juhaepa JuhaepaUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Jenny SamosirUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Ader LaepeUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Sahlan SahlanUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Endriyatin EndriyatinUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Alberth AlberthAffiliation unknown1
Risma Fitria Uky YandiniAffiliation unknown1
Amiruddin AmiruddinAffiliation unknown1
Firda AriyantiAffiliation unknown1
Ulin NafiahAffiliation unknown1
Yati MahadiAffiliation unknown1
Haerun AnaAffiliation unknown1
Sriyono SriyonoAffiliation unknown1
Haerun AnnaAffiliation unknown1
Nur Ramlayanti AlimuddinAffiliation unknown1
Hesti NurhidayatiUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Putu Chintya DeviAffiliation unknown1
Ni Luh Nadya Laksmi UtamiAffiliation unknown1
Rohmana RohmanaUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Eca NurfarsilUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Nurnia NurniaUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Mauliddin NuurUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Nurnia NurniaAffiliation unknown1
Sitti Fatimah ApriantiAffiliation unknown1
Ishak BawiasAffiliation unknown1
Fitria LungariAffiliation unknown1

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