Analysis of Teacher Interviews with Students: A Forensic Linguistic Study

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the form of the teacher's questions in interviewing students.  Most  of the previous studies described the phenomenon of student language.  But on the contrary, this study describes the  phenomenon of teacher language in the form of questions when interviewing students with problems at school using  forensic linguistic studies.  To reveal the honesty and truth behind the students' language, it is necessary to build a  comfortable pattern of interaction between teacher and students.  Teacher questions that seem to corner, accuse,  threaten, and offend make students feel uncomfortable and result in students being dishonest.   The method used in  this research is descriptive qualitative.  The data collection technique was carried out randomly through a google form  questionnaire from several teachers spread across several regions of Indonesia. The data analysis technique was carried  out in three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions.  The data analysis is based on  the Leech politeness principle.  The result of the analysis shows that the teachers’s questions mostly use wisdom  maxims and politeness scales which are considered impolite, such as the use of direct interrogative sentences research,  did not use of greeting words, so the students are considered to be opressive. It makes the students uncomfortable so  they avoid conversations and give incorrect answers