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Politeness Strategies Used by Japanese Learners in Language-learning Mobile App HelloTalk

Authors
Hani Sarila1, *, Nuria Haristiani1
1Japanese Language Education, Faculty of Language and Literature Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: rilahanisa@upi.edu
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Hani Sarila
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_33How to use a DOI?
Keywords
HelloTalk; Japanese learners; Language exchange; Politeness strategy
Abstract

This study aims to analyze Japanese as second language learners’ use of politeness strategies when asking Japanese native speaker to do the language exchange in the mobile app HelloTalk based on Brown and Levinson’s (1987) classifications of politeness strategies. The research was conducted using descriptive method with quantitative approach. The data were collected from 30 HelloTalk accounts of Japanese as second language learners, consisting of the request expressions to Japanese native speaker to learn and teach about each other’s language (language exchange activity). The findings revealed that most Japanese learners used positive politeness strategy to show friendliness and closeness with the native Japanese speakers, so they do not hesitate to send a message and do the language learning activity together. Meanwhile, the least strategy used by Japanese learners in the HelloTalk app is the off-record strategy, as it requires higher Japanese language proficiency.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
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978-2-494069-91-6
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_33How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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