The Illocutionary Speech Functions of the Teachers of Sekolah Dasar Negeri 05 Perawang Tualang District Siak Regency

Abstract

This study is a qualitative research with a descriptive method. The objective of this study is to describe and explain the illocutionary speech functions used by the teachers of Sekolah Dasar Negeri 05 Perawang, Tualang District, Siak Regency. The results showed that the most dominant illocutionary functions used by teachers in the classroom were assertive speech acts of telling and informing. Most of the teachers still used conventional learning method, namely lecturing so that the teachers' role as a source of information was still very dominant. In addition, the other illocutionary function that was also commonly found was directive speech. In the learning process, the speech act of instructing often occurred due to the teachers' role as the main facilitators and class controllers.