POLITENESS STRATEGIES REPRESENTED BY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL LEARNERS IN CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS POST-COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

This research aimed to accurately identified the various types of politeness strategies and described the application of politeness strategies found in classroom interactions by middle high school learners post-covid-19 pandemic. This research uses qualitative descriptions. The research was conducted at SMP Swasta Budisatrya Medan, where data and data sources were located. The research contained several data analysis steps, included data collection, reduction, display, conclusion, and verification. The theory discussed in this research is based on Brown and Levinson’s politeness theory. The analyzed data set consisted of 13 utterances in classroom interactions post-covid-19 pandemic. The politeness strategies in classroom interactions post-covid-19 pandemic consist of 5 Bald on Record utterances, 3 Positive Politeness utterances, 2 Negative Politeness utterances, and 3 Off Record utterances. They used these politeness strategies through interactions with the teacher, included apologized for mistakes, asked about instructions, responded to queries, and expressed doubts when the teacher asked them to present in front of the class.