POLITENESS IN EFL CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TOWARD EFL TEACHING-LEARNING IN SMP NEGERI 2 TABANAN IN ACADEMIC YEAR

This study aimed at (1) analyzing the kinds of politeness strategies which were used in the classroom interaction by the grade-eight EFL teacher and students of SMP Negeri 2 Tabanan; (2) analyzing the kinds of instructional function implied in the politeness strategies used by the grade-eight EFL teacher and students of SMP Negeri 2 Tabanan in EFL classroom interaction; (3) investigating implication of the politeness strategies towards English teaching-learning process in SMP Negeri 2 Tabanan. The research was designed as a qualitative study. The data were taken from observed interactions in the teaching and learning process in the classroom and interview. The obtained data were in the form of utterances produced in classroom interactions. The utterances were identified and analyzed descriptively by using face saving theory in order to know the politeness strategy used by teacher and students. The analysis was continued by identifying and analyzing the functions which were included in the politeness strategies used by them by using speech act theory, and the last, it was continued by analyzing and discussing the implication of the politeness are occurred at the EFL classroom interaction. The result of the study show (1) politeness was conveyed through five strategies, namely; bald-on record, positive politeness, negative politeness, off record