ANALYZING SPEECH ACT OF LECTURER AND STUDENTS IN CLASS DISCUSSION AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MAKASSAR

Abstract

The aims from this research are to find out the kinds of speech acts that mostly appeared
in class discussion. The approach employed in this research is qualitative approach. The
type of this research belongs to discourse analysis (DA). Data collection of this research
was conducted through (1) video recording, and (2) observation. The data gathered in
analyzing kinds of speech acts, functions of speech acts, and implication of speech acts in
class discussion. The research result shows that of all the kinds of speech acts used by
lecturer and students, illocutionary act is the speech act that mostly appeared in class
discussion.