Realization of Politeness Strategy in Teacher- Students EFL Classroom Interaction

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1 Realization of Politeness Strategy in Teacher- Students EFL Classroom Interaction (A Pragmatic Study in SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Semarang in Academic Year Of 2015/2016) A THESIS Written as a Partial Fullfilment of the Requirements for Graduate Education Degree of English Language Teaching By Ika Putri Fitria Sari S English Education Department- Graduate Program Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Sebelas Maret University 2016 i

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5 ABSTRACT Ika Putri Fitria Sari. S REALIZATION OF POLITENESS STRATEGY IN TEACHER-STUDENTS EFL CLASSROOM INTERACTION (A Pragmatic Study in SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Semarang in Academic Year 2015/2016). Thesis. The First Consultant: Dra. Diah Kristina, MA, Ph.D; the Second Consultant: Dr. Suparno, M. Pd. English Education Department of Graduate School. Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta. The implementation of politeness strategy is relevant with curriculum 2013 which emphase ability to show his good character. Therefore, the teacher is obliged to implement it in the language learning activities along with language usage. This study is aimed to investigate the types of politeness strategies used by teachers and students in interaction, to explain the reason why the teacher and students use those types of politeness strategy, and to find out the relation of the politeness strategies towards interactions in SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Semarang. This research is attempted to find out the types of politeness used in The data were collected from the utterances of the teacher and ninth grade students SMP Muhamamadiyah 7 Semarang. The researcher only took one of eight classes. The class which is taken as the research object is IX B which consists of 28 students. The data were found in the dialogues from 365 utterances. Then Brown and Levinson politeness strategy (1987) consists of four strategies. They are: (1) bald on record, (2) positive politeness, (3) negative politeness, and (4) off record strategy. The result of the study show (1) politeness was conveyed through five strategies, namely: bald-on record, positive politeness, negative politeness, off record, and saying nothing; (2); Positive politeness was used by the teacher to encourage students to use polite language in their interaction, while students mostly used positive politeness too in teacher-students interaction because of the power of teacher; and (3) The relation of the politeness with interaction are: create efficient interaction in the process of teaching and learning, respect communication, togetherness between teacher and students, cooperate interaction between teacher and students, create good condition and influence the students using politenes. Those aspects can motivate students and also develope a meaningful teaching and learning process. Keywords: politeness, politeness strategies, speech acts, and classroom interaction. v

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7 DEDICATION This research is fully dedicated to: My beloved mother and father, Sri Suyanti and Maridi (alm) My beloved husband, Khaerun Nasikin My beautiful sister, Rina Amalia Kusumastuti My almamater, Sebelas Maret University vii

8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Praise to Allah, the most Gracious and Merciful. This thesis would not be completed without His blessings. In addition, this thesis would not be finished without the support and guidance of other people and institutes. Therefore, the writer would like to express gratitude and appreciation to: 1. The Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University for the permission to write the thesis, 2. The Head of English Education Department of Graduate Program for providing the facilities to complete the thesis writing, 3. Dra. Diah Kristina, MA, Ph.D, the first consultant, who has given guidance, correction, and suggestion to complete this thesis, 4. Dr. Suparno, M. Pd, the second consultant, who has patiently given advice for the completion of this thesis, 5. Haryono, S. Pd, the Headmaster of SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Semarang for his permission to conduct the research, 6. Sri Rejeki S.Pd, the English teacher of SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Semarang for her support and guidance during the research, 7. The ninth grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Semarang, especially class IX B for their support and cooperation. It is realized that this thesis is far from being perfect. Therefore, criticism and suggestions are highly appreciated for the improvements of this thesis. Surakarta, April 2016 Ika Putri Fitria Sari viii

9 TABLE OF CONTENTS i ii iii PRONOUNCEMENT iv ABSTRACT... v vi vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... viii ix xii xiii. xiv CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study... 1 B. Problems of The Study... 4 C. Objectives of the Study... 4 D. Research Benefits... 4 E. Research Method... 5 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE A B. Nature of Politeness ix

10 C. 20 D. 25 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Setting Time Setting B. Research Method C. Source Events Informants D. Technique of Collecting Data Interview E Long-term Observation Pa F. Technique of Analyzing Data CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISSCUSSIONS x

11 A. Data Description B. Data Display C. The Reason Using Politeness 73 D. Politeness in Class.. 77 E. Disc 79 CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS A. Conclusions B. Suggestions BIBLIOGRAPHY xi

12 LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1 Positive Politeness Sub-Strategy Table 2.2 Negative Politeness Sub-Strategy Table 2.3 Off Record Sub-Strategy Table Table 4.1 Summary of Politeness Strategy xii

13 LIST OF FIGURE 12 xiii

14 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1The transcript of Classroom Interaction Appendix 2 The table of Politeness Analysis Appendix 3 The table of Politeness Analysis Result Appendix 4 Focus Group Discussion Protocol Appendix 5 Focus Personal Group Discussion Appendix 6 Transcript of Focus Group Discussion Appendix 7 Transcript of Personal Group Discussion xiv