Volume 9. Number 2, June 2023, pp. 137-150 10.33541/jet.v9i2.4566 Discourse Analysis of Directive Speech Acts Used by Teachers in Classroom Interactions Qurrotu Aini qurrotuaini21@mhs.uinjkt.ac.id UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Didin Nuruddin Hidayat didin.nuruddin@uinjkt.ac.id UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Nida Husna nida.husna@uinjkt.ac.id UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Alek alek@uinjkt.ac.id UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta Received: 9 January 2023 Published: 20 June 2023 Accepted: 12 May 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33541/jet.v9i2.4566 Abstract This study investigates the types of directive speech acts employed by English teachers in online classroom interaction with their students. In addition, the study details the frequency with which teachers in the third grade of SD IT Widya Cendekia use directive speech acts in the context of online learning and classroom interactions. As a descriptive research method, this analysis was designed. The information gleaned from the English class video recording through the Microsoft team application as a learning tool. According to Yule's theory of directive speech act, video recordings were used to capture data for analysis. The study employed Miles and Huberman (1994) qualitative approach to data analysis. According to the findings of this study of teachers' use of directive speech acts in online learning contexts, only 7 of 62 directive utterances were classified as commands, nine as requests, two as suggestions, two as invites, and one as a warning. Besides, the request kind of directive is employed by English teachers in online classroom interactions at a significantly higher frequency than any other form of directive speech acts. Keywords: Directive speech act, discourse analysis, classroom interaction INTRODUCTION Communicative classroom activities necessitate participation from both the instructor and the students. It is an excellent tool for maintaining classroom discourse. There will be an improvement in classroom efficiency. Communication between the instructor and Journal of English Teaching e-ISSN: 2622-4224 | p-ISSN: 2087-9628 http://ejournal.uki.ac.id/index.php/jet