DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS AND SPEECH STRATEGIES INDONESIAN LANGUAGE TEACHER IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS IN CLASS VII SMP NEGERI 40 PADANG

Abstract

This study's purpose is to describe the directive speech acts and strategies of Indonesian language teachers in the learning process in class VII SMP Negeri 40 Padang. First, the directive speech acts of the Indonesian teacher at SMP Negeri 40 Padang in the learning process amounted to 88 utterances demanding speech acts, 8 suggesting speech acts, and six challenging speech acts. Second, the speaking strategy of the Indonesian teacher at SMP Negeri 40 Padang in the learning process totaled 88 utterances which were divided into 34 utterances of direct speaking strategy without preamble, 29 utterances of direct speaking strategy with positive politeness, 23 utterances of direct speaking strategy with negative politeness, one utterance of vaguely speaking strategy, and one utterance of silently speaking strategy, and one utterance of silently speaking strategy. This type of research is qualitative research using descriptive methods. The data in this research are directive utterances of Indonesian teachers in class VII SMP Negeri 40 Padang. The data source in this study was an Indonesian language teacher in class VII SMP Negeri 40 Padang. The instrument in this study was the researcher himself. Then, the data validation technique used is the triangulation technique.