A Pragmatic Analysis of Illocutionary Acts Found in Finding Nemo Movie and Its Application in Teaching Speaking At the Twelfth Grade of Senior High School

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.