Speech functions of the english teachers’ utterances in Tahdzibiyah elementary school

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Ilmiyah, Anita Indah (2021) Speech functions of the english teachers’ utterances in Tahdzibiyah elementary school. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This research discussed the speech function used by English teacher utterances in Tahdzibiyah elementary school. This research aims to find out the types of speech functions used by English teachers of the 5th and 6th classes and find out the reasons English teachers of the 5th and the 6th use the speech function. In this research, the researcher applies descriptive qualitative methods. The researcher collected the data by observing and interviewing the two English teachers in Tahdzibiyah elementary school. The researcher observes the process teaching and learning process to collect the data. This research data are all the utterances used by English teachers of the 5th and the 6th classes. The data of this research are classified into the types of speech function. The researcher classified based on the Holmes (2013) theory. After the researcher analyzed the data, the researcher found five types of speech functions used by two English teachers of the 5th and the 6th classes. The functions are directive, referential, metalinguistic, phatic, and the last expressive function. The English teachers of the 5th and 6th classes dominant used directive function to applied in the classroom. The reasons English teachers of the 5th and 6th classes used the directive function are that the 5th and 6th classes teachers want to ask or command students, provide information, especially about the lesson, and invite students to discuss and answer questions to make students active in class.