This research analyzes the news text on the ISKNEWS.COM online news portal. Then the other purpose of this research is to prove that the news texts in the portal, after being analyzed, are worthy of being used as teaching materials for critical reading for grade XI high school students. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach and a syntactic approach as the theoretical approach. The writer obtained data by reading several related references and recording information that could be used as data. For this reason, reading and scanning techniques were used in this research. The data in this study are news texts from the January 2024 edition of the ISKNEWS.COM online news portal. The data analysis method used is the agih method. The writer analyzes the text by identifying sentences that do not follow the syntax rules and the feasibility of the text as a good and correct news text. The analysis results show several syntactic errors identified, namely sentences with non-standard structures, the use of absorbed words in sentences, ambiguous sentences, inappropriate diction in sentence formation, and the use of words inefficiently. In addition, the news puzzle is proven to be used as teaching material for critical reading for grade XI high school students. This is because the syntactic errors found are still tolerable, and the text has a good structure.

Humans as social creatures need language as a communication tool to share thoughts, feelings, and information. Language is a complex social phenomenon that is influenced by culture and social context. Pragmatics, which is a branch of linguistics that studies meaning in context, focuses on speech acts as a basic element in communication. This study aims to analyze the illocutionary speech acts (directive, expressive, commissive, declarative, and representative) that often appear on Neuron's YouTube channel, especially on playlists related to sex education. This research uses descriptive qualitative method and pragmatics theoretical approach, and collects data through literature study by referring to various scientific literatures relevant to the topic discussed. The focus of the study is to analyze the illocutionary speech acts in sex education videos on Neuron's YouTube channel, which discuss important issues such as HIV/AIDS, contraception, and transgender. Of the six videos in the “Sex Education” playlist analyzed, 91 illocutionary speech acts were found, consisting of 28 directive speech acts, 8 expressive speech acts, 11 commissive speech acts, 15 declarative speech acts, and 29 representational speech acts. This research is expected to provide insight into the use of illocutionary speech acts in Neuron's YouTube channel playlist and help viewers understand the messages conveyed in these sex education videos.

The research conducted this time focuses on analyzing imperative pragmatic sentences which include illocutionary acts in the procedure text contained in the Indonesian language book for junior high school grade VII of the Merdeka Curriculum. The purpose of this study is to analyze imperative sentences and find the types of imperative sentences used in procedure texts. The analysis technique used in this research is descriptive qualitative. This study uses two data collection techniques, namely listening and recording techniques. The listening technique applied is the free listening technique, because the analysis does not involve conversation. The data analysis method used in this research is using agih method and shown with formal and informal methods. Based on the results of the research conducted, it is found that the conclusion in the analysis of the procedure text shows the imperative sentences used in the text. In this research, imperative sentences are found that can be classified into various types. The author finds several types of imperative sentences, namely sentences that belong to the imperative of smooth, sentences that are part of the imperative of request, sentences that are imperative of request, imperative sentences of invitation, and sentences that are imperative of hope. The imperative meaning found in this study contains the intention to be able to command or request addressed to someone with the purpose of doing something.