MEREKOMENDASIKAN PENERAPAN PEMBELAJARAN KEIGO BERBASIS ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS

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The Japanese Language is one of the world languages which has several registers. The existence of these registers may often burden Japanese language learners in mastering the language. This is due to how the language changes registers depending on the social context. Keigo or Japanese honorific language is often difficult to understand for Japanese Language learners. Social context plays an important role in Japanese conversation and written texts because it can push speakers into using a specific Japanese language register, such as keneigo, sonkeigo, or teineigo. This qualitative descriptive Research through literature study aims to rationalize a Critical Discourse Analysis-Based approach in Japanese language learning in order to help accelerate the learning process of Japanese language learners. The study has shown that through critical discourse analysis, several social context factors such as power relations and social standing, which affect the register usage choice as well as word choice in language usage, can help Japanese language learners in understanding which honorific speech to use in certain situations. Therefore, this paper recommends applying a critical discourse analysis-based approach in the Japanese language learning process because it helps the learners in understanding the social context which accelerates the keigo learning process.