M.S. Wiyanto1, E. A. Armareza2

English Education Depatment of STKIP PGRI Jombang, East Java, Indonesia

Email: msaibaniw@gmail.com1, erineasiharmareza@gmail.com2

ABSTRACT

This article was conducted to analyze the politeness strategies and the factors that influence the choice of politeness strategies used by teacher and students in classroom interaction. This article used sociolinguistic approach with politeness strategies as the field of study. This article was qualitative method with content analysis as the approach. The object of this article was a video entitled “Video Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris SMAN 2 Blitar 2017” that posted on the Youtube channel of SMAN 2 Blitar in 23rd of October 2017. The researcher used Brown and Levinson (1987) and Hymes (1974) speaking theory to analyze the data. The data were 35 utterances employed by the teacher and 10 utterances employed by the students. 65,714 percent of 23 instructor remarks were classified as bald on record, whereas 34,285 percent were classified as positive politeness. Meanwhile, 20 percent of ten students’ comments were classified as bald on record, 70% as positive politeness, and 10% as negative politeness. Setting or scene, participation, end, act sequence, key, instrument, and genre were all aspects that influenced the choice of politeness method.

KEYWORDS: Politeness Strategy, Hymes’s Speaking Theory, Teacher Interactions, Students Interactions, Sociolinguistic



190 – 202 |   ISSN: 2579-437X  |  Volume 7, 9 October 2021

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