Abstract:
This study deals with the teachers’ talk of the English teachers of SMAN 5
Purworejo. It is aimed to describe the type of speech function used by English
teachers in English classroom of SMAN 5 Purworejo, to find out the most
dominant type used by English teachers in English classroom of SMAN 5
Purworejo, and to describe the reason why the English teachers use speech
function differently in the English classroom. The research of this thesis was
carried by using descriptive qualitative. The researcher used triangulation
technique of collecting data. They are observation, audiovisual material, and
interview. The data of transcription are classified into six basic types of speech
function. There are expressive, directive, referential, metalinguistic, poetic and
phatic. The researcher observed three English teachers of SMAN 5 Purworejo.
From three teachers who observed, the researcher found different total utterances
and percentage. The total utterance of three teachers is 265 utterances which
classified into six types of speech function. The most dominant type used by all
teachers is referential function. There are 138 utterances of 265 utterances
(52,07%)belong to referential function. The reason why they use speech function
differently is because each type of speech function has different function which
should adjust to different condition and situation in the classroom.
