The Ethics of Teacher's Speech Acts in Indonesian Language Subject at Eighth Grade Students Of SMP Negeri 2 Palopo

摘要

The purpose of this research is to describe the ethics of teacher's speech acts of locution, illocution, and perlocution for Indonesian language subject at eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Palopo. The research subjects are the eighth grade students and Indonesian language teacher of SMP Negeri 2 Palopo, Academic Year of 2016/2017. In line with that, the research objects are teacher's and students' locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts in learning process of Indonesian language subject at eighth grade of SMP Negeri 2 Palopo, Academic Year of 2016/2017. Speech discourse produced from communication between teacher and students or vice versa in learning process becomes the source of natural language events in accordance with the sociocultural class. The data obtained are analyzed through several stages of (1) identifying; (2) classifying; (3) preliminary concluding; (4) re-examinating; and (5) final concluding. Based on each role, the teacher manages the class, regulates who, how, and when students speak, sets the type of questions by utilizing locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts in evaluating students' answers, and giving feedback. In this context, speech acts including locution, illocution, and perlocution are used by teachers to convey certain communicative functions in class learning interaction. By the statement, it proves the research findings regarding speech acts uttered by the teacher are far greater than students in the learning process.