Tanudjaja, Shandi Kevin. 2021. An Analysis of Directive Speech Acts Used by Male Lecrturer of ELESP FKIP Lambung Mangkurat University in Classroom Context. A Thesis. English Language Education Study Program. Lambung Mangkurat University. Advisor 1: Dr. Nanik Mariani, M.Pd., and Advisor 2: Dr. Hj. Noor Eka Chandra, M.Pd

Keywords: directive speech act, male lecturer, classroom context

Directive speech acts in the scope of an educational communication is important to be analyzed since the addressee must carry out an action toward the speech that uttered either by a teacher or lecturer. In this study, the researcher wants to analyze the form of directive speech acts that arise from the speech of male lecturer in the learning process in ELESP FKIP of Lambung Mangkurat University in the classroom context.

In consequence, this research used descriptive methods with the qualitative approach. In collecting the data, the researcher makes direct observations in learning activities while recording the forms of speech that appear to increase the validity level of data.

The result showed there are several types of directive speech acts uttered by the male lecturer, which are commanding, requesting, suggesting, questioning, permitting, and encouraging. The questioning type (92 utterances) is one of the most widely applied parts of the directive speech act than suggesting (15 utterances), requesting (8 utterances), commanding (7 utterances), permitting (5 utterances), and encouraging (4 utterances). Based on the result, it shows that male gender lecturer performed several directive speech acts that relative to the supremacy of the gender itself. It is suggested that the lecturer as the main role in the learning process to always consider the diction choice regarding directive speech act. Hence, future research is needed to increase the quality of educational environment, especially for kind of speech acts that occur in learning process.