AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS POLITENESS STRATEGIES TO THEIR LECTURERS IN WHATSAPP MESSENGER ( A Study in The Fifth Semester of English Education Study Program of Bengkulu University)

ABSTRACT Ridho, Stulistia. 2019. An Analysis of Students Politeness Strategies to Their Lecturers in Whatsapp Messenger ( A Study in The Fifth Semester of English Education Study Program of Bengkulu University). English Study Program, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education. This research aimed to describe the politeness strategies applied by the fifth semester of English Department Students of Bengkulu University based on Brown and Levinson politeness strategies theory. This research was carried out by employing descriptive-qualitative design. The population of this research was the fifth semester of English Department Students of Bengkulu University in academic year 2017/2018. The samples of this research were taken by using situation card, i.e 79 samples. The data were collected by WhatsApp messages sent by students. The results of this study showed that the dominant strategy used by the English students in texting their lecturer was Negative Politeness. There were 59 students (76%) used Negative Politeness. The second position is Bald on Record that was used by 15 students (19%). Third, Positive Politeness was used by 3 students (4%). Last category was Off-record that used by 1 students (1%). Negative Politeness strategy gets the dominant used in the data findings. Most of the students still have awareness about politeness when they want to speak or start the conversation with other people. They tend to use this category in line with Indonesian culture that emphasized with formal language use when converse with older people like lecturer or teacher. Keywords : Politeness, Politeness strategy, WhatsApp Messsenge