Pragmatic Analysis of Directive Speech Acts in English Learning Book

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the forms and function of Directive Speech Acts in English Learning Book for 3th grade senior high school. This type of research is Qualitative Research. The object of this research is English Learning Book For 3th Grade Senior High School (Textbook) written by Bachtiar Bima M., E. Nirmala Kusumaning Ayu and Susiningsih published by Intan Pariwara in 2021. This research was conducted over a period of 9 months from April to December to analyze the data and complete it. Data collection techniques are reading the instructions Learning Book, making notes and marking elements and analysis. Data analysis techniques in this research is descriptive qualitative. The results showed that there are 3 forms of directive speech acts contained in each instruction in English Learning Book, namely, Command, Advice and Request. This is show by the total appearance of the speech function in each instruction in English Learning Book, namely Command (164 data), Advice (13 data), and Request (1 data). Through the analysis, the researcher found that the most commonly used in English Learning Book for 3th grade senior high school is "Command" with a commanding function which has a total of 164 data, where students are required to immediately work on every activity or problem in the book. That the activities in this book require students to carry out them according to the instructions explained in the book independently. Meanwhile, the second is commonly used is "Advice" with a suggestion function totaling of 13 data, where students should complete their assignments in groups so that students could have the opportunity to learn and solve the problems together. The last one is "Request" with a request function that only has 1 data, where students could have the opportunity to think critically and express their opinions.