Lesson Plan Week 8
Lesson Plan Week 8
Lesson Plan Week 8
I. Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. Define the speech act
SPEECH ACTS
Speech act means that what you say is what you act. A more exact definition of speech act is that “it is a functional unit in
communication” (Austin, 1962).
SPEECH ACT THEORY
In Austin’s Speech Act Theory, he suggested the following three levels of acts for sentences:
1. Locutionary Acts
Locutionary acts are defined as the literal meaning of the utterance.
Example: Sandra is beautiful.
2. Illocutionary Acts
Illocutionary acts are related to the social function(s) served by the utterance or written text.
Example: When you give someone an offer, a threat, a promise, a prediction, etc.
Example: If this was uttered by a bully, then you know this sentence serves as a threat or a warning. However, if it was
uttered by a friend who’s planning to hang out with you later, then it serves as a promise.
3. Perlocutionary Acts
Perlocutionary acts are the result or effect that is produced by the utterance in the given context.
Example; If the speaker is a bully, then the perlocutionary act of the sentence is that you will be scared. However, if the
speaker is your friend, then you will feel the pleasures of friendship and the excitement of knowing that your friend will
keep his/her promise to hang out with you.
PERFORMATIVES the speaker, instead of merely saying something or presenting a sentence as a statement, will
perform or is performing in that exact moment an action that accompanies that statement. This action is called a
performative. The following are examples of performatives:
ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS
John Searle, a student of John Austin’s at Oxford University, specifically focused on illocutionary acts and discovered how
to separate these into five different categories
1. Assertives
Assertive acts occur when you express belief about the truth of a proposition. You will most often use assertives when
you’re trying to convince another person to look into an idea you like, hoping that s/he will accept it.
Example: Suggesting, putting forward ideas, swearing, boasting, concluding, etc.
2. Directives
Directives are the illocutionary acts used when you are trying to make your listener act.
Example: Asking, ordering, requesting, inviting, advising, begging, etc.
3. Commissives
Commissives are the illocutionary acts used when you commit to doing something in the future.
Example: Promising, vowing, planning, betting, etc.
4. Expressives
Expressives occur when you express your feelings or emotional reactions.
Example: Thanking, apologizing, welcoming, deploring, etc.
5. Declarations
Declarations are used to bring about some type of change in an external situation.
Example: Blessing, firing, baptizing, excommunicating, passing a sentence, bidding, etc.
Generalization; The teacher will summarize the lesson and ask the students to differentiate the types of Speech
act.
Application: Individual activity Choose the correct types of speech act in each situation. Write (LA)
if it is locutionary act (IA) if illocutionary act and (PA) if perlocutionary act
V. Assignment:
Read about communicative strategies.
Submitted by:
ELLA MAY M. RECODIG
Submitted to:
Ms. Eliza Joyce E. Valdez