Abstract:
This study aims to analyze the speech acts used by three English teachers of
SMPIT Nurul Ikhwan Nagan Raya, SMA Tunas Luhur, and SMKN 2 Payakumbuh
during online teaching and learning process. This research was descriptive-qualitative.
The data were the subjects’ utterances obtained by observations on six online learning
videos from YouTube. It was transcribed into the written form, selected to fit the
study’s objective, recorded into the datasheets, interpreted, and analyzed using speech
acts theory. The practice of triangulation was used by asking the expert to check data
validity. The result showed that declarative locutionary act was mainly used in
representatives to utter some explanations of the materials. Directive and representative
illocutionary acts were dominantly used. Questioning act of directive used mostly to
allow the students to be active and check their comprehension. Explaining and
informing of representative were used frequently to transfer the materials and tell
certain facts to the students. Perlocutionary act student(s): learn something and do
something were primarily occurred. Student(s): learn something mainly occurred when
performed explaining and informing of representative resulted to students
knew/understood the given explanations and information. Perlocutionary act
student(s): do something mainly occurred when questioning and commanding of
directive resulted in students giving the answers and doing as commanded. The
subjects’ ways in expressing speech acts were quite different since having different
background and culture. They used Bahasa Indonesia than English in performing
speech acts. It is suggested that the teachers should use English more than Bahasa
Indonesia when teaching English.
