DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACT USED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM (FBA UNMAS DENPASAR) DURING ONLINE LEARNING

Abstract

The study is concerned with the directive speech acts used in the utterance by the students of the English Study Program, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University. It aims to analyze: (1) the types of directive speech acts used in the utterance by the students; and (2) the functions of directive speech acts were analyzed based on the theory proposed by Searle (1999) as found in Yule (1996) in the book entitled Pragmatics and the functions of directive speech acts were analyzed based on the theory proposed by Searle (1999). This study used the descriptive qualitative method to analyze the data and to find out the types and the functions of the speech act. All the data analysis is presented narratively in paragraphs. The student in their utterance uses some directive speech acts during online learning. There are some data on directive speech acts in the form of imperative sentences and declarative total. The functions of directive speech act in the form of asking found in utterances, commanding, suggestion, advice, questioning, and requesting. The directive speech acts in the form of interrogative sentences the also used in their utterance. Searle (1999) said directive speech acts as the illocutionary suggest attempts by speakers to get the hearers to do something. They are interrogative, declarative and imperative.