Expressive Speech Acts by English Teachers in the Classroom Interaction

Abstract

The study deals with the Expressive Speech Acts by English teachers in the classroom interaction. The objectives of this study were (1) To find out types of Expressive Speech Act performed by English teachers, and (2) To describe how the expressive speech acts used by English teachers affected the hearers or the students. This study applied a descriptive qualitative method to analyze the data. The source of data obtained from the English teachers in SMA Unggulan CT Foundation. The technique of data analyzing used theory of Sugiyono (2016), started from the data reduction, data display, and the last conclusion drawing. There were found several types of expressive speech acts used by the English teachers, such as: expressive for attitudes, expressive for thank, expressive for apology, expressive for wish, and expressive for complimenting. There was new type of expressive speech acts found in the English teachers‟ expression: expressive for leave-taking.