Textual Analysis in TEDxSalem Speech on 'Prioritizing mental health in schools by Hailey Hardcastle'

Abstract

This study aims to determine the realization of textual metafunctions 
 and the types of themes that are dominated in speeches about mental 
 health on the TEDxSalem YouTube channel entitled 'Why you should 
 take a break: Prioritizing mental health in schools and brought by 
 Hailey Hardcastle. The method in this research is qualitative with a 
 content analysis approach. The data was obtained from the speech text 
 and the data were analyzed using Halliday's Theory by considering the 
 data analysis steps proposed by Gay et al. From the results of the 
 analysis, it was found that the realization of the textual metafunction in 
 Hailey Hardcastle's speech was applied. Found 105 clauses in the 
 speech. And in those 105 clauses, there are themes and rhymes that 
 mediate messages to their listeners. So it can be concluded that based on 
 the textual metafunction perspective, the speaker tries to attract the 
 listener's attention to focus more on the message of what is being said, 
 and gives a lot of statements to tell the listener his confession that 
 mental health should be considered the same as physical health and 
 preferably starting at an early age.