Politeness Strategy by Indonesian EFL Teacher-Learners Classroom Interaction

Abstract

The ability to speak and act politely reflects on the culture and characters of the nation. In the globalization era the realization of politeness is highly decreased. The conflicts related to impoliteness are highly found in public. Therefore, it is very important to implement politeness strategy to children in early time since it is not an instant product which can be produced directly. The study aims to know types of politeness strategy of teacher and young EFL learners at English One course during conversation activity. The participants of this study were elementary level learners consisiting of fifteen learners. The data was obtained through recording the conversations between instructors and the learners in teaching and learning activities. The primary sources of data were the conversation between learners and instructor which had been recorded. The datum were analyzed and discussed based on the theory of politeness of Brown and Levinson (1987). The results of this study revealed that there were various expressions used by young EFL learners to encode their politeness during ELT process. The expressions were in the forms of informing, reporting and fillers. These expressions were categorized as positive politeness.