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Negative Politeness will be an appropriate strategy rather than using Bald-on Record, “Please, clean up the board” Yet, when it comes to giving instructions,
which is supposed to be clear and direct, the use of Bald-on Record could be the best choice. It will help the students know and understand what they have to do
distinctively. In conclusion, the appropriate use of politeness strategies is very helpful for teachers and students, especially on language teaching and learning
process.
C. Recommendations
Since the study conducted was about the use of politeness strategies by the main characters and the factors affecting it in the novel Eat Pray Love 2010, the
researcher would like to give some recommendations as regards the benefits of this study to English learners, English teachers, and future researchers.
1. English Learners
Politeness has been known as a complicated thing to deal with when speaking to speech community. As English learners, pragmatic competence and
sociolinguistic competence are required in order to be able to speak appropriately and maintain relationships. Thus, the researcher encourages English learners to be
more aware of and recognize the language use in certain social contexts since politeness does matter in a society. It will help them to use English appropriately.
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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.
