A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACTS OF THE DIALOGUES IN AN ENGLISH COURSEBOOK ENTITLED BAHASA INGGRIS FOR GRADE X STUDENTS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

This descriptive qualitative study was aimed at identifying the illocutionary acts and the illocutionary functions performed in the dialogue texts of an English coursebook entitled Bahasa Inggris for Grade X Students of Senior High School. The data source was an English coursebook provided by the Ministry of Culture and Education. This study was conducted through some steps, including: identifying the data, classifying the data based on the formulation of the problem, analyzing the classified data, interpreting the data, and presenting the data in the discussion. The data were analyzed using the speech acts theory proposed by Searle in Cutting (2002). Triangulation was done to get the data trustworthiness. The results of this study show that there are four types of illocutionary acts used in Bahasa Inggris. They are representatives, commisives, directives, and expressive. Expressives are the most dominant act with 104 data out of 230 (45.217%). In terms of function, there are 29 types of illocutionary functions found in the coursebook. They are introducing, informing, stating, confirming, agreeing, stating an opinion, explaining, predicting, promising, offering, declining, threatening, questioning, requesting, commanding, suggesting, greeting, thanking, complimenting, responding to compliment, wishing, stating sympathy, expressing dislike, stating a happiness, congratulating, stating a surprise, apologizing, stating a doubt, leave-taking. Questioning is the most frequently used functions with 41 data (17.391%). Moreover,there are many unnatural dialogues and those dialogues are inappropriate for the students. The English teachers should consider the appropriateness of the materials in the coursebook that they use. Studying the appropriate materials will have better impact on the students since they will use the skills that they learned from the coursebook in their daily communication.

Keywords: coursebook, illocutionary act, Bahasa Inggris, dialogue