Politeness Strategy of Directive Speech Act by Students-Lecturers of French Department FBS UNY

This study aims to describe the use of politeness strategy in directive speech act used in the communication act bystudents-lecturers of French Language Education Department. Data collection was conducted using participatory observation technique and non-participatory observation that is data collection in the classroom and outside the classroom. The results showed (1) most directive speeches expressed by students were requestive speech acts; (2) three types of politeness strategies were used in doing the speech acts;baldly politeness strategy, positive politeness strategy and negative politeness strategy. Key word: strategy, politeness, speech act, directive, sociopragmatic