POLITENESS STRATEGY IN RESPONDING SUGGESTION IN THE CLASSROOM INTERACTION: A CASE OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MA WALISONGO KAYEN-PATI THE ACADEMIC 2018/2019

Evitia, Rizka. 2019. Politeness strategy in Responding Suggestion in the
classroom interaction: A case of the of the Eleventh Grade Of Senior High School
MA Walisongo Kayen-Pati the Academic 2018/2019. Final Project, English study
program, English Education Study Program Faculty Of Language and Art
Education University Of PGRI Semarang.
Advisor I: Dr. Ngasbun Egar, S.Pd., M.Pd., Advisor II: Laily Nur Affini, S.Pd.,
M.Hum.
Keywords : Politeness Strategy, Responding Suggestion, Classroom Interaction
This final project studied politeness strategy in responding suggestion in
the classroom interaction: A case of the Eleventh Grade Of Senior High School
MA Walisongo Kayen-Pati the Academic 2018/2019. The aims of this study
were: (1) to identify the types of politeness strategies found in Students-Teacher
interaction in English Class (2) to know the dominant type of politeness strategies
found in students-teacher interaction in classroom (3) to know the reasons for the
students to choose the politeness strategies in responding suggestion. This
research used descriptive qualitative method. In this research, the research used
record tehnique to collect the data. The data of the research were utterance in the
form word, phrase, and sentences spoken by students-teacher interaction in
English Class. After being collected, the data were organized and analyzed based
on Brown and Levinson Theory. This study reveals some findings. Firstly, there
are four types oo politeness strategies used by students-teacher interaction in
English class. They are bald-on record, positive politeness, negative politeness,
and off-record. Which is bald-on record with eleven utterances, positive politeness
with eight utterances, negative politeness with twelve utterances, and off-record
with one utterance. Secondly, the dominant types of politeness strategies found in
students-teacher interaction in English class are bald on record with 11 uterances
which has percentage 34%, positive politeness with 8 utterances which has
percentage 25%, negative politeness with 12 utterances which has percentage
37%, and off-record with 1 utterance which has percentage 3% data. Thirdly, the
reasons for the students to choose the politeness strategies in responding
suggestion in students-teacher interaction in English class there are four reasons to
responding suggestion depended on the writer‟s interpretation. This research
proposed two suggestions to English teacher and other researcher. The teacher
should be inure to polish the students‟ English skill and the other researcher select
more specific object to found all sub-strategies of politeness strategies.