Abstract:
Communication is the way of people to interact each other. By
communicating people can convey information or expressing something to
the addresser such as ordering, requesting, stating, promising, thanking,
asking, complaining, apologizing, etc. Every sentence or utterance which
spoken by the speaker contains meaning or purpose. Under the discussion
of pragmatics, the language function is studied in speech acts. Speech acts
deals with the utterance to perform a specific action especially
illocutionary acts. The specific aim of this research is to identify the types
of illocutionary acts found by Nemo characters in Finding Nemo movie
and to describe the application of illocutionary acts found in Finding
Nemo movie to teach speaking at the twelfth grade of Senior High School.
This research uses descriptive qualitative analysis method. The data is
collected by documentation. The researcher collects the data from the
script, then analysing the types of illocutionary acts of Nemo‟s utterances
based on Searle‟s theory and then applied in teaching speaking.
From the analysis, the researcher finds four of five categories of
illocutionary acts appear in Nemo‟s utterances in Finding Nemo movie.
There are representative 11 utterances 36.67%, directive 14 utterances
46.67%, commissive 1 utterance 3.33%, and expressive 4 utterances
13.33%. The application can be applied in teaching speaking in the speech
material at the twelfth grade of Senior High School. The researcher
suggests that students can explore more about pragmatic in their daily life,
especially illocutionary acts.
