Revealing Power Relations in Online Learning: A Critical Classroom Discourse Analysis

The Government of Indonesia has made policy by implementing learning with online system through several platforms since the pandemic covid_19 in 2020. lecturers and students English Department STKIP PGRI Jombang as unseperated parts higher education must realize this policy. Of reasons, research will employ qualitative reserach adopting theory politeness supported critical classroom discourse analysis (CCDA), thus, it is aimed at investigating how power relation between lecturer can maintain their good social relations. This be conducted to analyze strategy used on process. explore what apply students, word choice use applying toward why learning. research, furthermore, relate examination get true data research. findings showed that a maintains manners his so even though position higher, different from which role consequence. There were three stages uncovering first stage, employed lecturer’s dominant determine construction students. It could described conversation related greetings initial each meeting preparation group discussion. second researcher explored solidarity expressed employing personal experiences expression sorry hear when there was student’s father sick. Those two played important roles exposing relationship both equal unequal. exercised indicated relations are On contrary, exposed equal.