Speech Acts Teaching the Eight virtues In Ruangsak Pinprateep’s Storybooks for Children
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The purpose of this research Article is to analyze the Eight virtues that appeared in Rueangsak Pinprateep's children's storybooks and analyze the types of speech teaching the Eight virtues appeared in 32 storybooks for children by Ruangsak Pinprateep through using the framework of the Ministry of Education's 8 virtues as criteria: 1) Diligence 2) Thriftiness 3) Honesty 4) Discipline 5) Politeness 6) Cleanness 7) Unity 8) Consideration and analytical framework Speech teaching morality applied from the concept of John R. Searle. There are 5 types: 1) Speech to tell the truth or inform. 2) Speech to give direction. 3) Speech to say binding 4) Speech to express feelings. 5) Speech to announce or make a statement.
The study of the Eight virtues indicated that all aspects of morality were found. The data were arranged according to the most frequent occurrences: The morality of kindness was found with a frequency of 18 items, accounting for 56.25 percent. The morality of politeness and unity found the same frequency of 8 subjects, accounting for 25 percent. The morality of discipline was found with a frequency of 7 issues, accounting for 21.88 percent. The morality of cleanliness was found with a frequency of 6 issues, accounting for 18.75 percent the morality of diligence and the morality of thrift. The same frequency was found in 2 stories, accounting for 6.25 percent, and the frequency of decency and honesty was found in 1 story, accounting for 3.12 percent, respectively.
The results of the study of moral teaching speech revealed 4 types of speech by arranging the data from the most frequently found as follows: the frequency of speech telling the truth or announcements, was found to be 21 things, accounting for 65.63 percent. The frequency of directive speech was found to be 13 things, accounting for 40.63 percent. The frequency of words of directors expressing their feelings was found to be 7 things, accounting for 21.88 percent. The frequency of words of directors expressing their feelings was found to be 7 things, accounting for 21.88 percent, 6 stories, accounting for 18.75 percent, respectively.
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