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This study aimed to describe the types of speech acts in the ”Say It Loud” YouTube video by Azie and Evelyn. This study found that there were three types of John R. Searle’s speech acts in the video. Those are the Locutionary Act, the Assertive Illocutionary, and the Perlocutionary Act. The Assertive Illocutionary Act was the most used speech in the video. It was concluded that the illocutionary and perlocutionary speech acts make this video interesting and informative. Keywords: Speech Act, Locutionary Act, Illocutionary Act, Perlocutionary Act.

This research aims to describe politeness strategies performed by Piers Morgan and Donald Trump in an interview held on the 25th of January 2018  at the World Economy Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It is used the theory of politeness strategies proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987). This research employs a descriptive qualitative method by taking the transcription of the interview. The data analysis reported that the participants of the interview employed positive and negative politeness strategies to save one another’s faces. The result of the research shows that the participants of the interview attempt to decrease and keep the social distance between them through positive and negative politeness strategies. As a journalist, Piers Morgan tries to handle the conversation to run smoothly. He employs more negative politeness strategies than Donald Trump who has higher social status as the President of the USA. In this event, powerless participants need to be more polite than powerful participants.

This article intended to show the literacy program which aims to develop Community Reading Parks (TBM) as an effort to improve literacy activities in rural areas. The object is TBM Bina Cendekia, located in Tampo, Napabalano District, Muna Regency, Southeast Sulawesi. TBM Bina Cendekia Tampo is one of the literacy activity places in rural areas that was voluntarily established in 2011 and received an operational permit in 2016. However, its management and literacy services are still very limited. The problem faced by management team is the lack of community motivation to visit the TBM that made to TBM is like suspended. The solutions offered in this partnership activity are, one of them, socializing a variety of literacy activities that are entertainment-oriented and educational. Reading activities remain the focus of activities by presenting an atmosphere of "mobile stalls". Other activities that can be carried out are activities to grow interests and talents, discussions, and competitions or exhibitions.