Abstract :
This research aimed at identifying the types of speech act performed by an
English lecturer in STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo and identifying the dominant types of
speech act performed by an English lecturer in STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo. This
research was descriptive qualitative research. The object of this research was the
utterances uttered by an English lecturer in STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo during learning
process. The data were in the form of words, phrases, and utterances employed by
the lecturer. The data were obtained through conducting observation accompanied
by video recording. The data were transcribed into written form, selected to fit the
objectives of the study, recorded into the data sheets, interpreted and analyzed
using the theory of speech acts proposed by Yule. The research findings showed
that there were five types of speech act performed by the lecturer. They were
declaratives, representatives, expressives, directives, and commissives. The
dominant type of speech act performed by the lecturer was representative with the
percentage was 54%. The topic of the discussion could be caused of what types of
speech act were performed and what dominant type of speech act performed.
Based on the researcher?s observation, the intended meaning of utterances which
used representatives were about express what the lecturer?s believe to be the case
or not dealing with the topic discussed. In this case, the topic was reading based.
That was about Family: Types and Traditions. Thus, the lecturer should explain
more in order the students could get the point of the discussion.