An Analysis of Pragmatic Content in the Conversation Sections in Indonesian ELT Textbooks

Siswantara, Eka and Santoso, Dwi (2020) An Analysis of Pragmatic Content in the Conversation Sections in Indonesian ELT Textbooks. In: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICORSH 2020), 2020.

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Abstract

This research applied content analysis by using descriptive approach. The object of the research is pragmatic
content in the series of Indonesian ELT textbooks for high school issued by the Ministry of Education of Republic of
Indonesia. Moreover, the documents were gathered from the conversation or speaking parts of all textbooks. The data
collection was conducted through careful observation and inspection of the conversations in the textbooks as for the
observation on the types of illocutionary acts, Searle’s (1979) speech acts model was used as the reference. The results
showed that there are 4 illocutionary acts found in the textbooks: 1) Directives 2) Assertives 3) Expressives and 4)
Commissives. For Directives, there are 41 utterances found in grade X, 21 utterances in grade XI, and 50 utterances in grade
XII. Assertives acts are found with 24 utterances in grade X, 14 in grade XI, and 33 in grade XII. While for Expressives,
there are 41 utterances in grade X, 12 in grade XI, and 19 in grade XII. Commissives acts are recorded with 11 utterances in
grade X, 13 in grade XI and 9 in grade XII. The illocutionary forces for each illocutionary act are also found with various
frequencies that were discussed in discussion section of this research. Related to the third research question, it was concluded
that there was limited information about context and meta-pragmatic provided in the three textbooks. The findings of this
research can be used as reference for content design for future textbooks especially regarding pragmatic content. As for the
teachers, the findings can expose the weaknesses of the textbooks for pragmatic aspect. Therefore, if they use these
textbooks, they need to expand the materials to provide better pragmatic teaching in the classroom. Otherwise, the students’
pragmatic competence is hard to acquire if they are not provided with pragmatic knowledge adequately. Consequently, the
students’ communicative competence is not developed either.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisi / Prodi:	Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan) > S1-English Education (S1-Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris)
Depositing User:	Ph.D Dwi Santoso
Date Deposited:	14 Jul 2022 05:50
Last Modified:	14 Jul 2022 05:50
URI:	http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/35839

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