Politeness of Speech Acts in Indonesian Language by the Native Speaker of Japanese

This study aims to explain speech act of requesting in Indonesian that has been realized of the native speaker of Japanese by BIPA (bahasa Indonesia untuk Penutur Asing (Indonesian for Foreign Speakers)) students at the University of Indonesia. This research uses qualitative naturalistic methods which means that this research has a natural setting and the researcher is the key instrument. The data collected in this study is noted and recorded, that is the data about the form of requesting in speech acts in Indonesian by Japanese students in classroom interactions, with fellow students or with lecturers. The findings of this study indicate that there are significant changes and the development of strategies used by Japanese students when expressing speech acts invoking Indonesian, both fellow students and lecturers. Nevertheless, these Japanese students did not show a comparable level to changes and developments in the use of internal and external modifications. In addition, there are several forms of violations which are considered as inter-language pragmatic commitments by students when expressing indirect requests. Both in irrelevance in perceiving conformity and irrelevance in the form of speech acts of requesting.   Keywords: Politeness, Speech Act of Requesting, Native Speaker of Japanes