Directive Speech Acts in Najwa Shihab’s YouTube Dialogue and Their Relevance to Indonesian Teaching Materials in Junior High Schools

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to relevanize the directive speech acts in Najwa Shihab's YouTube dialogue entitled Ngobrolin Kebocoran Data, Gaya Hedon Polisi, Pro Kontra BBM Naik (Talking about data leaks, Police Hedon Style, and Pros and Cons of Fuel Rise) on the learning of persuasion texts containing suggestions, solicitations, and directions. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative, researchers use this method to examine speech data in verbal form, analyze it, and group it into descriptive forms. In this study, the form of directive utterances of commands, requests, prohibitions, recommendations, and solicitations was found. The conclusion of this study is that the form of directive speech acts on YouTube shows can be used as teaching materials for learning Indonesian language, especially persuasion texts. This research is considered relevant for use in learning Indonesian texts, namely about persuasion texts in class VIII at the junior high school level. In the learning process, educators can make language teaching more relevant by analysing the linguistic traits seen from linguistic markers such as the words 'don't', 'should', and 'please'.