Analysis of Speech Acts Used by EFL Teachers in Class Interaction: A Case Study at High School Bosowa Makassar

Asmaul Husna; Asfah Rahman; Amirullah Abduh

Analysis of Speech Acts Used by EFL Teachers in Class Interaction: A Case Study at High School Bosowa Makassar

Asmaul Husna^(1*), Asfah Rahman⁽²⁾, Amirullah Abduh⁽³⁾,

(1) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(2) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(3) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

This research aimed to find out: (1) the types of speech acts used by EFL teachers in classroom interaction, (2) the impact of speech acts on linguistics and pragmatic competence in terms of students’ perception toward EFL teachers’ speech acts in classroom interaction. This research employed descriptive qualitative method since the main focus of this research is on describing the phenomenon of language use. This is in accordance with Kothari (2004:3) who states that qualitative research is concerned with qualitative phenomena, i.e., phenomena relating to or involving quality or kind. The subjects of this research were two English teachers at SMA Bosowa School Makassar. The data of this research were collected by employing video recording, observation, and interview. The results of the research revealed that (1) there were five types of speech acts, specifically for illocutionary acts that were used by the English teachers in classroom interaction namely assertive speech act, directive speech act, commissive speech act, expressive speech act, and declarative speech act, and each type of speech acts used by EFL teachers in classroom interaction had particular functions. The most frequently used illocutionary act was assertive (41%), while the least frequently used illocutionary act was commissive (4%). The illocutionary forces performed by the teachers were varied. (2) The thirty-one students from two grades in this research provided positive responses toward the teachers’ speech acts in classroom interaction.

Keywords

Speech acts; illocutionary acts; classroom interaction; EFL.

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