Author: Margana
State University of Yogyakarta

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Raising Knowledge Of Illocutionary Acts And Implicatures Used In A Thesis Examination Context For Students Of English Language Education Study Program Author: Margana
Journal of English and Education (JEE) Vol. 6 No. 1 (2012): VOLUME 6 NO 1 JUNE 2012
Publisher : English Education Department, Universitas Islam Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/jee.v6i1.4443

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This paper deals with raising knowledge of the illocutionary acts and implied meanings for students of English education study program. It aims to describe the types of illocutionary acts, illocutionary forces, and conversational implicatures used in the thesis examination. Such types of knowledge should be well understood as the knowledge confers a clear description of the use of speech acts in the thesis examination. More specifically, students of English education study programs should be aware of the types of illocutionary acts, namely representatives, directives, commissive, expressive, and declarative which are further classified according to the illocutionary forces of each illocutionary act. Added to this, the knowledge of conversational implicatures: generalised conversational implicatures and particularised conversational implicature are also of great importance to minimise mis-conception and mis-interpretation of speech acts which possible occur in the thesis examination practices.Key words: illocutionary acts illocutionary forces implicatures
Pragmatic Knowledge For Second Language Learners Author: Margana
Journal of English and Education (JEE) Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011): VOLUME 5 NO 1 JUNE 2011
Publisher : English Education Department, Universitas Islam Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/jee.v5i1.4460

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To maximally acquire the target language, second language learners are demanded to master the knowledge of pragmatics on the grounds that it facilitates them to capture a comprehensive understanding of the classroom communication patterns which deal with how language is used according to its context. Added to this, knowledge of pragmatics can be used to minimize miscommunication and misunderstanding of the speech acts used in classroom communication practices. More specifically, second language learners have to acquire the issues of pragmatics which include types of illocutionary acts, illocutionary force, and implicatures. Such aspects of pragmatics are commonly found in classroom communication practices which are done by English teachers of secondary school levels. In reference to these issues, this paper attempts to review the types of illocutionary acts, illocutionary forces and conversational implicatures applied by English teachers of secondary school levels. Such an understanding of those three aspects of pragmatics is believed to facilitate students of secondary schools as the second language learners to easily make sense of the utterances as performed by English teachers in a series of English language teaching and learning practices.