74 In fact, employing various politeness strategies can help English learners
to understand politeness strategies. As a result, English learners are capable of applying various politeness strategies so that they can maintain decent relationship
with their friends and teachers. To sum up, appropriate language choice in dealing with politeness will surely help the teaching and learning process.
C. Suggestions
This section provides suggestions for other researchers and English learners regarding the use of politeness.
1. To Other Researchers
The writer would like to present suggestions for other researchers to conduct other studies as this study is only limited to the categorization of
politeness strategies and politeness factors in a movie which revolves around friendship and rivalry. It is expected that they can analyze the use of politeness in
many cultures and situations. It is possible for them to compare politeness between cultures as politeness in a country can differ greatly in other countries. In
addition, they can also analyze non-linguistics aspects of politeness since most politeness studies discuss the linguistics aspect only.
2. To English Learners
The writer would like to present suggestions for English learners to acquire proper use of English in their utterances. English learners mostly are not
75 aware of their language when they are speaking to their teachers. Sometimes, they
use inappropriate language choice in speaking. It may shock or embarrass both speaker and hearer when they have conversations. To avoid this, the writer
suggests that English learners should be able to apply proper English in their speaking by considering politeness strategy.
Politeness can be a substantial way to maintain and to develop decent relationship between teacher and learners. Instead of applying Bald-On Record
strategy mostly, English learners can apply high standard of politeness strategy, such as Negative Politeness. Applying Negative Politeness, for instance, attempts
to minimize impositions in the utterances as it promotes formality and indirectness. Besides, applying various politeness strategies appropriately may
lead them to understand some sociolinguistics competences, such as the social background of the hearers, the relationship between the speaker and the hearers,
and the situation in which they communicate. Hopefully, those will enable them to apply English language appropriately and politely.
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