An analysis of expressive speech act function in : Shang Chi and the legend of ten rings

The various speech act has an essential role in leading successful interpersonal communication, especially in teaching and learning English. Expressive is chosen by the researcher to be analyzed. This research relates to one of the 10th-grade materials of senior high school found in basic competence 3.1 and 4.1 about the expression of complementing and congratulating. This study aims to analyze the types of expressive speech acts used by the main characters in the film and to explain the contribution of this research to EFL learners in understanding the meaning of speech in dialogue. This research is a type of library research where the researcher takes the theory of John Searle regarding speech act types and the theory of Yule regarding the types of expressive speech acts. The researcher chose descriptive qualitative as the research method because he had to explain and clearly describe the results of his research. The data collection technique used is observation and documentation. And to collect primary data, researchers used non-participant observation by watching the whole movie and the script. And to analyze the data, the researcher uses the Creswell model; six steps must be passed to produce concise but clear data. The results showed that there were 15 utterances found in the film. Six for Apologizing, 4 for Blaming, 3 for Praising, and 2 for Thanking. The researcher did not find congratulatory type in the movie. Other research results are the contribution of this research to EFL learners, namely expressive congratulating and complementing material that is found in basic competence 3.1 and 4.1 is easy to understand, and it has been proven that film can be a suitable medium in the learning process, especially in expressing of congratulating and complementing material