A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF ASSERTIVE SPEECH ACT ON THE REALLIFE ENGLISH PODCAST “WHY YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, BUT CAN’T SPEAK IT”

NOVA, ANISA (2024) A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF ASSERTIVE SPEECH ACT ON THE REALLIFE ENGLISH PODCAST “WHY YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, BUT CAN’T SPEAK IT”. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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ABSTRACT A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF ASSERTIVE SPEECH ACT ON THE REALLIFE ENGLISH PODCAST “WHY YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ENGLISH, BUT CAN’T SPEAK IT” By: Nova Anisa Nowadays, technological advances are certainly increasing rapidly and there are so many opportunities that can be obtained by using technology, including in the communication and education sectors. One example of the technological advances for the communication is podcasts. As we know that communication is a tool to interact and convey thoughts and ideas to one another. In the other hand, English is a lingua franca or global language used to communicate between citizens of one country to another. And in the era of globalization, of course it is very important to learn English. However, unfortunately for country like Indonesia which use English as a foreign language, most people still have difficulty speaking English. Even though they understand what other people are saying, it is difficult for them to express their ideas and thoughts in English. This is caused by several factors including fear of being laughed at, shy, and lack of confidence in speaking English. When someone speaks, they actually also carry out an action, where the speech has a function or purpose in it, this is called a speech act. Speech acts themselves are divided into several types, one of which is assertive speech act. Assertive speech act is speech act that bind the speaker to something that happened and to the truth of the proposition being expressed. Of course, to achieve communication goals, good communication is needed. Good communication is when there is no misunderstanding between the speaker dan the listener, being assertive in the way of communication, and of course one of the factors that influences success in communication is language. This research examines the analysis of illocutionary acts namely assertive speech act in the RealLife English podcast episode “Why You Can Understand English, But Can’t Speak It” that used by Ethan as a guest speaker in that podcast. This research aims to analyze the types and the meaning of assertive speech acts used by the guest iii speaker. The utterances were classified based on the theory proposed by Searle and Vanderveken. A descriptive qualitative used by the researcher to analyze the data obtained in this research. Data collection techniques were carried out through documentation and note-taking. From the data collected, it was found that there are 13 out of 32 types of assertive speech acts based on Searle and Vanderveken’s theory used by the guest speaker on the podcast. They are; informing 13 data (21,66%), stating 12 data (20%), insisting 7 data (11,66%), reminding 5 data (8,33%), suggesting 4 data (6,66%), assuring 4 data (6,66%), notifying 3 data (5%), praising 3 data (5%), reporting 3 data (5%), denying 2 data (3,33%), claiming 1 data (1,66%), hypothesizing 1 data (1,66%) and testifying 1 data (1,66%). Furthermore, the essence of the meaning of assertive speech acts that have been found in podcasts has the function of providing information and advice for English learners who can understand English but can not speak it. Keywords: Assertive Speech Acts, Speech Acts, Podcast

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