ANALYZING SOME TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS IN NADIEM MAKARIM'S SPEECH IN COMMEMORATING TEACHER'S DAY

Lisa Firdiyani Br.Lbs; Risma Afridayanti; Anggi Syahpitri; Melly Nurhalizah

Lisa Firdiyani Br.Lbs Department of English Education, STKIP Al Maksum Langkat
Risma Afridayanti Department of English Education, STKIP Al Maksum Langkat
Anggi Syahpitri Department of English Education, STKIP Al Maksum Langkat
Melly Nurhalizah Department of English Education, STKIP Al Maksum Langkat

Keywords: Study, Speech acts, Nadiem Makarim

Abstract

This study aims to analyze several types of speech acts in Nadiem Makarim's speech in commemorating Teacher's Day. This research is a qualitative research using descriptive method. The main data in this study are the utterances in Pak Nadiem Makarim's speech which contain several speech acts in his speech. The data source for this research is a video of Mr. Nadiem Makarim's speech commemorating Teacher's Day, which can be viewed on YouTube. Data analysis was carried out by (1) listening to and viewing the recorded data in the video (2) analyzing several types of speech acts in the following video (3) making conclusions from the research results. The speaking strategy uses a direct speaking strategy without preamble, a frank speaking strategy with positive politeness, and a frank speaking strategy with negative politeness introductory words.