Linguapedia
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022): November

Speech Acts in EFL Textbook: A Pragmatic Analysis

Siti Noer Aida (Universitas Islam Jember)
Dihliza Basya (Universitas Islam Jember)
Moh Arif Mahbub (Universitas Islam Jember)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Nov 2022

Abstract

This content analysis study aimed to identify speech act in Indonesian EFL Textbookentitled Think Globally Act Locallypublished by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MONEC) in 2018. The procedure of analyzing the data are, read and reread the textbook, identifying the forms of speech acts in EFL textbook, coding, the researcher classifying relevant data representing illocutionary, tabulating the frequency and percentage of each speech act, describing and interpreting the data in order to address the statement of problem.Drawing upon the Searle’s (1977) categories, I found 52 kinds of speech act categorized as Illocutionary act; representative, commissive, directive, expressive, and declarative. Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that textbook representedvarious speech acts that could help learnersin their EFL learning.  

Copyrights © 2022






Journal Info

Abbrev

LIN

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Linguapedia is a peer-reviewed and open-access academic journal managed by the English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Islamic University of Jember. Mainly focuses on publishing the original research-based articles related to English Education, Literature, and ...