Speech Fuction of Teachers and Students Utterances in Classroom Interaction at the Elementary School
Rafika Nur Rahman, Rahmad Husein, Meisuri
English Applied Linguistic Study Program, Postgraduate School State University of Medan
Abstract
Speech function is an exchange communication between speaker and listener where the speaker adopts a speech functional role and signs the addressee a complementary role . This research discusses a case study of speech functions are used by teachers and students in the classroom interaction and how the speech function are realized of Mood types. This study was conducted by using Descriptive Qualitative method by Bogdan and Biklen. The data in the research was taken from classroom in which participants were teachers and students of (Panca Budi) elementary school.The Instrument of collecting the data the researcher used audio recorder and observation sheet. In analyzing the data,the writer applied theory by Miles, Huberman and Saldana, namely: (1) data condensation, (2) data display, and (3) conclusion drawing/verification. The findings in this study that firstly, there are found out 4 types of speech function in classroom interaction, such as offer, command, statement, and question. Secondly, speech function is realized by the predicted mood types.
Keywords: Speech Function, Utterances, Mood, and Classroom Interaction
Topic: Social,Language and Cultural Education