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2. English Teachers
Sorry, please, excuse me, and thank you are not the only terms which can represent politeness. For instance, it can sound less polite when an adult speaker
uses please in ordering something. The researcher encourages English teachers to pay attention to pragmatic and sociolinguistic aspects when teaching their
students, especially when designing materials and exercises. They can help their students practice language in contextualized language functions. They can provide
situational tasks which need language functions to be expressed. It will make their students aware of selecting the best ways to express themselves and responding to
interlocutors appropriately due to given contexts and sociocultural norms.
3. Future Researchers
The researcher encourages future researchers to conduct better analyses regarding politeness phenomena in certain cultures, especially in the use of
politeness strategies and the factors affecting it by using the current theories since many experts have been conducting the politeness researches. The analysis of
politeness phenomena can also be conducted in other documents or in a society.
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