Netizens at Odds with the Education Department: Analysis of Impoliteness Strategies on an Online Platform

Authors

  • Christian Jay R. Pasana Fishing Village Comprehensive National High School, Department of Education, Philippines
  • Henry E. Lemana II School of Languages and General Education, Walailak University, Thailand
  • Virgion H. Mamonong College of Teacher Education/ Graduate School, University of the Immaculate Conception, Philippines

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57260/rcmrj.2023.264796

Keywords:

Impoliteness strategies, Philippine education department, Online comments, Learning delivery modalities, Pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the Philippines, along with other nations, to restructure its educational framework to meet the evolving needs and challenges of the time. Consequently, this reorganization has led to changes in the learning delivery modalities (LDMs). The Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) has faced significant criticism on social media regarding issues related to preparation, flawed materials, and implementation. By employing a pragmatic analysis approach based on Culpeper's theory of impoliteness strategies, this study examines fifty Facebook comments criticizing the said department and its new LDMs. The findings reveal that critics employed various impoliteness strategies, including bald-on-record impoliteness, positive impoliteness, negative impoliteness, off-record impoliteness, withhold politeness, and impoliteness meta-strategy. The study's outcomes suggest that analyzing impoliteness strategies in online comments can provide insights into how such remarks serve as social actions. Researchers working with these textual forms, as well as those specializing in the study of genres and languages, can benefit from the findings of this study. The implications of the findings are discussed for policymakers, educators, and students within the Philippine education system.

Author Biographies

Christian Jay R. Pasana, Fishing Village Comprehensive National High School, Department of Education, Philippines

Christian Jay R. Pasana is a Master Teacher 1 at Fishing Village Comprehensive National High School, Division of Davao Occidental, the Philippines. He holds a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the University of the Immaculate Conception, the Philippines.

Henry E. Lemana II, School of Languages and General Education, Walailak University, Thailand

Henry E. Lemana II is an EFL lecturer at the School of Languages and General Education of Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. He used to work as an ESL teacher/ head of the department in the United Arab Emirates. He received his Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the University of the Immaculate Conception, the Philippines.

Virgion H. Mamonong, College of Teacher Education/ Graduate School, University of the Immaculate Conception, Philippines

Virgion H. Mamonong is a full-time professor teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels of the University of the Immaculate Conception, the Philippines, where he mentored Dr. Pasana and Dr. Lemana as his dissertation advisees. He holds a Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the same university.

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2023-08-14

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Pasana, C. J. R., Lemana II, H. E. ., & Mamonong, . V. H. . (2023). Netizens at Odds with the Education Department: Analysis of Impoliteness Strategies on an Online Platform. Community and Social Development Journal, 24(3), 31–46. https://doi.org/10.57260/rcmrj.2023.264796

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