Politeness Strategies Used by Male and Female Teachers in The Classroom Interaction

Abstract

This study deals with the analysis of politeness strategies used by male and female teachers in teaching and learning process. This study attempts two answer the two formulation of the problems, namely: (1) what types of politeness strategies are used by male and female teachers and (2) how are politeness strategies used by male and female teachers that occur in teaching and learning process. This study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The analyzing of the data started from observing the students and teachers when process of teaching and learning is conducting and also recording the process of teaching and learning process and then transcribing the utterances of male and female teachers in teaching and learning process. Based on the analysis it was found that there were four types of politeness strategies occur in teaching and learning process. They were four bald on record, nineteen positive politeness, four negative politeness and two off the record. Politeness strategies occur when the speaker and the listener have interaction or conversation. The researcher suggests the next researcher develop this research by using a different object such as movie, speech, and also from daily activity or daily conversation.