Super Polite Forms Woman Language Features in Micro Teaching Class

[115] : How are you today? [145] : How was your holiday? Case [115] and [145] are almost done by all the participants in Micro Teaching class. In case [115], they use this form of sentence to open the class. This question is categorized as procedural questions because the teachers do not seek for students’ high-critical thinking response or students’ knowledge but rather to check students’ condition before starting the class. Case [145] has almost the same function as in [115] which is only to start the class. If in the [115] the teacher asks the students’ condition, in [145] the teacher creates a good atmosphere with the students by asking about their previous activities. Another procedural questions found in Micro Teaching Class is when the teachers check students’ understanding by stating some questions in the following case. [123] : Is it understood? [179] : Who is still confused with this topic? [255] : So far, any questions? Those three questions are all used as the classroom procedure after explaining materials. By stating one of those questions types, the teachers make sure that all the students understand the materials that have been explained. Teachers state the question before continue on to a different session of learning process such as doing task or explaining another part of lesson material. Asking the students’ willingness to do something in the class is also classified as procedural text. Those willingness questions are designed not to help PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI students mastering certain knowledge related to the material being taught. It is better to ask students’ help or encourage the students to do something in the class. The following cases are the examples. [118] : anyone wants to read? [136] : e..can you repeat Harry? [288] : Who wants to be the first?

2. Convergent Questions

Questions which require students’ focus on a central theme, students’ memory on previous information and short answer or short statement are classified to convergent questions p. 186. Table 4.1 shows that there are 45,4 convergent questions in the classroom. The percentage result proves that convergent question is the most frequent question used by female teachers during the learning process. Some of the convergent questions are stated as introductory questions to lead the students to the material that is going to be learned. This case occurs in the following questions. [147] : What word you say maybe in Indonesian when you meet people? [221]: Have you ever seen e..your friend sick or e..sad? In case [147], the teacher leads the students to remember the expression they usually use in their mother tongue when they meet people while the material for the day is greeting in English. This question is categorized as convergent question since it focuses on a central theme which is greeting in Indonesia. Students’ answer on this question is also the same which is halo, selamat pagi.