Face Threatening Acts Used by Debaters in the NUDC 2021 Lambung Mangkurat University

Abstract

This study aims to discover the Face Threatening Acts and FTAs most often used by the debater in the NUDC (National University Debate Championship) 2021 at Lambung Mangkurat University. In general, the debate is arguing and giving reason about something from the person who is debating. It is clear that people will take steps by taking Face Threatening Acts against their interlocutor in order to get their goals and argument accepted. In this case, the researcher is interesting in researching the title because in Eastern culture especially Indonesia it uphold the ethics of politeness so that when talking to other people it is recommended to be polite, including in terms of arguing and this is very important in the scope of education because in the scope of character education of course it is also formed. This research is a descriptive qualitative and uses instruments in the form of observation, interviews, and documentation where the subject are debaters who takes part in NUDC 2021 at Lambung Mangkurat University and the results show that debaters used Face Threatening Acts to threaten the Face of interlocutor and most often used Positive face in FTA even though there are some Negative face related the context. The researcher hopes that further researchers who will conduct research on FTAs continue this research and that further researchers are interested in conducting research on this theory using other subjects. The researcher suggests for future researchers to combine other related theories and by using other types of data.