Implementation of Using Caretaker Speech in Distance Learning Assistance Activity

Abstract

The application of distance learning in elementary education using virtual technology is an activity that needs to be supported and considered to support good quality learning for the continuity of education during the Covid-19 pandemic. The learning process will not run without communication. Communication is important to convey information, both oral and written. The caretaker can be a teacher. The speech act is an utterance that is made as part of social interaction. So, the caretaker speech is the simplified form of speech used by people who think the listener has limited linguistic. The aim of this research is to describe the use of caretaker speech used in Distance Learning assistance activity. This is the descriptive qualitative research. The data were obtained by using observations, questionnaires and interview to the 10 teachers of elementary school first grade in Batang regency. The results showed that there were 5 categories of illocutionary speech acts in Distance Learning Assistance Activity as the following: 48% for assertive, 36% for directive, 3% for comissive, 13% for expressive; and 0% for declarative. The study concludes that the reason for using more directive speech acts was to make students able to achieve competence despite distance learning. This study is expected to add information related to the importance of teacher speech acts, especially in the context of distance learning in elementary schools.