The Politeness of Speech Acts in Teaching and Learning Interactions Between Teachers and Students of SD Negeri 4 Sutopati Magelang

Abstract

This  research  aims  to  identify  speech  acts  at  SD  Negeri  4  Sutopati  school. The  research  data  is  the  speech  of  teachers  and  students  at  SD  Negeri  4 Sutopatiin  school  learning.  The  data  collection  techniques  were  free listening  technique,  recording  technique,  and  note-taking  technique.  The data   were   obtained   directly   during   classroom   learning,   as   well   as recordings  of  learning  dialogues.  The  data  analysis  used  intralingual  and pragmatic  methods.  In  this  study,  the  validity  of  the  data  was  tested  by using the triangulation technique of data sources of students’ and teachers’ speech  during  learning  and  teaching  which  was  then  analysed  based  on the psychopragmatic approach. The speech acts found during teaching and learning  are  directive,  representative,  and  there  is  politeness consisting   of   maxims   of   wisdom,   maxims   of   generosity in   the   speech.   The   results of   the research  of  directive  speech  acts  are  9.56%,  then  representative  19.42%. While  the  maxim  of  wisdom  is  spoken  as  much  as  3.1%,  the maxim  of  generosity  as  much  as  3.5%, which is done by teachers or students during learning. The  utterances  delivered  are  often  spoken  or  spoken  by students  to  teachers  or  teachers  to  students  during  learning  and  teaching, thus  causing  a  speech  act  delivered  in  daily  activities.  Speech  acts  in  SD Negeri 4 Sutopati can be used as Indonesian language learning materials at school.