The title of this research is “Speech Acts in Teaching Learning Activities at Tourism Vocational High Schools, Denpasar”. This study is aimed at finding and describing teachers speech acts at Denpasar Tourism Vocational School. English Learning in Vocational High Schools to develop students communication skills in conveying opinion, developing knowledge, technology, and also culture. There are four English language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and among those, it is necessary to master speaking as the skill is considered to have the utmost importance in language learning. Therefore, by learning to speak English, students obtain valuable life skills it may prove useful in their future and assist them to make contributions to their communities and country. The theories utilized in this study were the theory by Yule (1996) on the types of speech acts and the theory by Searle (1969) used to analyze the functions of speech acts. The data were analyzed qualitatively. The method used in this research was observation method. The techniques used to collect the data were divided into: note taking and video recording. To analyze the data, the teachers utterances when teaching in class were recorded and then transcribed. Afterward, the transcripts were analyzed in detail to find out the types and functions of their speech acts and they were classified by the related theories. In this research, 2 types of speech acts were found: direct speech acts and indirect speech acts. There are also 5 functions of speech acts, namely: stating, commanding, thanking, promising, and forcing. Three meanings of speech acts were found, namely: llocutionary speech acts, illocutionary speech acts, and perlocutionary speech acts.

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