Directive Speech of Mata Najwa in “Kontroversi Mas Menteri” and Its Relevance to Indonesian Language Learning

Abstract

This study aims to describe the forms of directive speech acts in the Mata Najwa episode "Kontroversi Mas Menteri" and their relevance to learning Indonesian. This research is qualitative descriptive. The data source was obtained from Mata Najwa's Youtube episode "Kontroversi Mas Menteri" in the form of oral speech. Researchers used listening and note-taking techniques in collecting data, while data analysis techniques employed pragmatic matching techniques. The data were then validated by triangulation of data sources. Based on the study results, it can be concluded that on Mata Najwa's Youtube account "Kontroversi Mas Menteri," it was found: (1) five directive speech acts: requesting, begging, asking, prohibiting, and ordering, (2) three speech acts requesting, two speech acts of begging, six speech acts of asking, two speech acts of prohibiting, and three speech acts of ordering, and (3) the research results are relevant to learning Indonesian in junior high school class VIII, with KD 4.13, concluding the contents, suggestions, invitations, directions, and considerations about various positive things about actual text problems from persuasive texts (environment, social conditions, and/or cultural diversity) heard and read.