Abstract:
ABSTRACT
This research focuses on speech acts as a significant role in teaching and learning
process. In line with this topic, the aimed of this research attempts to find out the
types of speech act mostly used by teachers’ and students’ English program. This
study used descriptive qualitative method. The data which were used the utterances
performed by the teacher and students talk in speaking class. Those speech acts are
supported by theories of Searle (1969) who find out the use of speech act. From the
theory, there are 5 classifications of illocutionary speech act; representative,
directive, expressive, commissive, and declarative. The findings show that the
classifications of speech acts mostly used by teacher is directive and representative
is mostly used by the students. From the findings, teacher’s directive has some
involvement toward students’ behavior during teaching and learning process.
Besides, the used of representative by students has enhances their speaking ability.
This study concludes that when teacher and students used the speech acts, it helps
them comprehend the message in every utterance and easy to understand when
communication. Hopefully, this study will help develop good classroom
communication between teachers and students.
