AN ANALYSIS ON THE STUDENTS"™ COMPETENCE IN PRAGMATICS

Abstract

Abstract

The research aimed to know the students"™ competence to understand indirect speech act in pragmatics by the sixth semester students of English Education study program in academic year 2016/2017. This study used descriptive method as form of research. The research used test and questionnaire as tools of data collecting. The participant of this research is the sixth semester students of English Education Study Program Class B regular B at FKIP Tanjungpura University in academic year 2016/2017, which consists of 20 students. The result of the research showed that the average score of 20 students is 67.6% while the minimum score of the subject is 70.0. It is indicated that the score of sixth semester students of English Education Study Program of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Tanjungpura University Pontianak in academic year 2016/2017 are not as expected. The conclude of this research is the sixth semester students of English Education Study program has not very well understood indirect speech acts.

Keywords: Pragmatics, Students"™ Pragmatic Competence, Indirect Speech Act.