ABSTRACT

Helvionita, Widya. 2023. The Speech Acts in English Language Teaching used by English teacher in SMP Negeri 31 Banjarmasin. Sarjana’s Thesis, Sarjana Program of Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. Advisor 1: Prof. Dr. Fatchul Mu’in, M. Hum., and Advisor 2: Dr. Cayandrawati Sutiono, M.A

Keywords: Pragmatic, Speech acts, English language teaching

The researcher conducted this research to find out the speech acts used by the teacher in teaching English at SMP Negeri 31 Banjarmasin based on Searle's theory of speech acts. Consequently, this research used narrative analysis method with the qualitative approach. The method of data collection in this study used the Listening method. The data collection technique in this study was carried out by audio recording and note-taking strategies. This researcher conducted this research at SMP Negeri 31 Banjarmasin.

           In collecting the data, the researcher makes direct observations in learning activities while recording the forms of speech that appear to increase the validity of the data. The data obtained through conducting observations accompanied by audio recordings and then transcribed into written form, selected to fit the research objective, recorded into datasheets, interpreted, and analyzed using the theory of speech acts proposed by Searle.

This study found three types of speech acts used by the teacher in teaching English, namely locution acts, illocution acts, and per locution acts. The benefit of locution acts can communicate regular utterance to students, but in every utterance has variety purposes in every situations and contexts. There are three kinds locutions used in classroom, they are declarative, interrogative and imperative. The English teacher mostly used interrogative utterance to teach students in the classroom. Interrogative utterances were used by the teacher in the classroom for example for asking questions to students which make the students to be more active in the teaching and learning activity. Therefore, the teacher in the illocution act can communicate the teacher’s purpose in the teaching and learning activity, for example in directing or asking or giving appreciation to the students. In the per locution act, the teacher can give utterance for affecting the students intentionally or unintentionally.