Languages should be taught within the cultural contexts of their speakers. This is because speakers have an intention when performing a language act. Failure to understand the speakers' intentions will result in failure to respond to the intended message and, thus, failure to use the language. Pragmatics is concerned with how language is employed in a specific context or situation. An major pragmatic issue is civility, which means being cognizant of another person's public self-image. This essay focuses on the politeness phenomenon and the level of success in learning English. The subjects explored include the concept of politeness, tactics of politeness, politeness in Oriental civilizations, politeness in the setting of Indonesian cultures, and the implications of politeness phenomenon. 

Language, pragmatics, phenomena, fluent, deixis, behavior, politeness, culture.

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