THE POLITENESS STRATEGY OF 7 YEARS OLD CHILD

This study deals with The Politeness Strategy of 7 Years Old Children. It employs qualitative research design with an observational case study. This study is aimed to describe: (1) the types of politeness strategy used by seven-years-old children at school, (2) the process of using politeness strategies by seven-years-old children at school, and (3) the reasons of using politeness strategies by seven-years-old children at school. The subjects are 3 children of 7 years old of SD RK. Makmur, Budi Murni 7 Medan. The instrument used in this study is observational and taking notes is used in collecting the data. All the utterances relate to politeness strategy produced by the subjects written down in book then 30 conversations are chose to be analyzed. The data are analyzed by using Miles and Hubbermans data analysis. Among four types of politeness strategy based on Brown and Levinsons theory: 1) bald on-record, 2) positive politeness, 3) negative politeness, and 4) off-record, the only one type which is not used by the three subjects. It was negative strategy while the other three types are used by them in their communication and the dominant type used is bald on-record strategy. In producing politeness strategy, the three children of seven years old of SD Budi Murni 7 Medan use direct speech acts and indirect speech acts. Furthermore, in this research there are two reasons why the politeness strategies used by the three subjects in their interaction, they are, cognitive development and psychosocial development.