Linguistic politeness: an analysis of gender differences in speaking classroom

The aim of research was to explore whether there is any linguistic politeness through gender differences in speaking classroom. Communicative competence underlines that grammatical knowledge is not enough to interact adequately, thus it includes pragmatic skills. For example, several communication errors, for confusion,may take place without logical understanding. Furthermore, politeness is an essential component of pragmatic competence. Many works have been carried out in this area, but few have shown the differences between the linguistic politeness of the language of male and female in the speaking classroom, while its primary findings are statements. Such work is carried out in the speaking classroom of university students, in particular in the sense of global foreign affairs. The statement is based on the Bacha, Bahous & Diab (2012). The researchers used qualitative research through observational method, all the conversation in classroom were displayed and categorized to observe data. In addition, certain politeness hypotheses are used to interpret the results. The studies have shown that females are more respectful than male students in general. In conclusion, teachers comprehend this reality since they do not require male students to be as respectful as females, they are practically peculiar