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CHAPTER III CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION, AND RECOMMENDATION
This chapter consists of three parts namely conclusion, implication and recommendation. Conclusion deals with the summary of the study. Implication
deals with implication in language teaching and learning. Recommendation consists of input for future researchers and English learners to conduct further
studies on the same topic.
A. Conclusion
The study is conducted to analyse the use of politeness strategies by the main characters of The Intern movie, Jules Ostin and Ben Whitaker. It aims
especially to analyse the four politeness strategies, namely Bald-on Record, Negative Politeness, Positive Politeness, and Off-Record, proposed by Brown and
Levinson 1987. Based on the data found, both main characters of The Intern movie use all
four politeness strategies. The most frequent strategy used by Jules and Ben is Positive Politeness. Both of the characters acknowledge the hearer’s Positive Face
wants to maintain their relationship. There are some other factors affected the use of Politeness Strategies by
Ben Whittaker and Jules Ostin, such as gender, age, and power relation. However, the limitation of this paper is to discuss the use of Politeness Strategies by Ben
Whittaker and Jules Ostin in The Intern movie as proposed by Brown and PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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going to be discussed.
B. Implication
Learning a language does not merely mean learning the grammar structure of the language, but also learning how language is used in the society. Politeness
is one of the things that need to be learned when someone learns a language, because politeness is essential in language use in society. Based on the conclusion
of the study, Positive Politeness strategy is the most frequent politeness strategies used by Ben Whittaker and Jules Ostin. Jules is Ben’s boss, but they are also
friends. Positive Politeness is good to maintain relationship between friends, family, and co-workers. By applying Positive Politeness, someone can make
another person feel accepted and feel good about themselves. For example by saying,” I’m feeling really hungry. Let’s stop for a bite,” the speaker wants to stop
and have something to eat and wants to get the hearer to agree to do this. The speaker gets what he wants and also he can maintain the hearer’s positive face by
including both speaker and the hearer in the activity. It makes the hearer feel accepted and feel good about themselves. So, Positive Politeness should be
frequently applied in the conversation to maintain relationships between friends, family, and co-workers.