ABSTRACT

Anatasya Pujawaty. 2020. Lecturers Politeness Strategies in the Classroom Interaction as Perceived by Students of English Department of Lambung Mangkurat University. Sarjana’s Thesis. English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. The first advisor: Dr. Nanik Mariani, M. Pd., the second advisor: Noor Eka Chandra, M.Pd.

Keywords: politeness strategies, students’ perspective, and utterances

       This research discusses about how students’ perspective of politeness strategy used by the lecturer in classroom. The reason is because the researcher wants to find out whether politeness strategy give effect to teaching and learning process.

       The objective of this research is to describehow lecturers politeness strategies in the classroom interaction perceived by students of English Department of Lambung Mangkurat University.

            This research used descriptive qualitative method. The subjects of this research were 3 lecturers of English department in teaching English for English department students. The instrument used was human instrument supported by observation sheet, recorder, and questionnaire sheets. Findings show that the students perceived that politeness has important roles in the classroom interaction. Politeness is a need in education, a strategy to create good characters, and a learning motivation. Students also view politeness is a way to make them feel comfortable and enjoy the class. These students’ perspectives should be given a priority in order to create effective learning and teaching process. Findings from this study become valuable inputs for teachers and students in their efforts to create effective classroom interaction.