Using speech function on EFL classroom

This study deals with the utterances of an English teacher of SMP A. Wahid Hasyim Tebuireng. It is aimed to know the type of speech function used by the English teacher in the classroom, and to find out how speech functions are applied by an English teacher in the classroom. The researcher applies qualitative approach and content analysis design based on Ary et al (2010). The subject of this research was an English teacher in SMP A. Wahid Hasyim Tebuireng. The source of the data is the subject in which the data are obtained, while the data are the utterances used by the English teacher. The researcher used observation and audiovisual material of collecting data. The data of transcription are classified into six basic types of speech function; they are expressive, directive, referential, metalinguistic, poetic, and phatic. From the teacher who was observed, the researcher found different total of utterances from each meeting. The total utterance is 41 utterances which are classified into five types of speech function. How the speech functions are applied by the English teacher in the classroom is when the teacher interacted with her students