GENDER SPEECH ACTS IN ISLAMIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CLASS AT STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE (IAIN) OF ZAWIYAH COT KALA LANGSA

This study investigates the speech acts that are realized by gender in the classroom setting. The objectives of this study are to find out the kinds of speech acts are realized by gender in the classroom; to examine the process of speech acts are realized by gender in the classroom and to investigate the reasons of speech acts are realized the ways they are. This research was conducted by using ethnography design and qualitative approach. The data was the utterances of the lecturers at State Islamis Institute (IAIN) of Zawiyah Cot Kala Langsa. Islamic Education Department lecturers were chosen as the source of data. The data were obtained from observation and the transcription of the recorded of 4 lecturers of 2 males and 2 females lecturers during their teaching performance in the classroom. The findings showed that there are three kinds of speech acts that are realized by gender of 4 lecturers of 2 males and 2 females during their teaching performance in the classroom setting; They are locutionary acts, illocutionary acts and perlocutionary acts. In addition, from 5 types of illocutionary acts such as representatives, directives, commissive, expressive and declaratives, both males and females lecturers only implement 4 types of them; they are representatives, directives, commissive, and expressive, while declarative does not. Furthermore, both males and females lecturers have different way in applying types of illocutionary acts. Male lecturers tend to utilize representatives, but female lecturers prefer to use directives ways. All of them deliver their speech by using direct and indirect ways. They tend to use direct speech acts than indirect speech acts. This is happened because the lecturers still implement the old method called speech method. It was found some purposes of applying speech acts such as to convince, to actuate, to stimulate, to inform and to entertain.