AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHER AND STUDENT TALK IN THE CLASSROOM INTERACTION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 18 PURWOREJO

The aims of this research are fi rstly, to describe the interaction used by the teacher and studentsconducted in the classroomof the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 18 Purworejo in the Academic Year 2012/2013; secondly, to know what type of interaction characteris- tics of the teacher-student talk in the...

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Main Authors: Semi Sukarni, Siti Ulfah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: English Education Department, Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang 2015-10-01
Series:Vision: Journal for Language and Foreign Language Learning
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Online Access:https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/vision/article/view/1594
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Summary:The aims of this research are fi rstly, to describe the interaction used by the teacher and studentsconducted in the classroomof the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 18 Purworejo in the Academic Year 2012/2013; secondly, to know what type of interaction characteris- tics of the teacher-student talk in the classroom interaction; thirdly, to identify languages used in the classroom interaction used during teaching-learning process. This thesis is a descriptive qualitative study on teacher and stu- dent talk in the classroom interaction, particularly on the partici- pants’ interaction in SMP N 18 Purworejo. The data of this study are the interaction between the teacher and the students in the class- room. In order to analyze the data, some steps are conducted. The data was taken by recording the classroom interaction. The subject in this research wasthe grade VIIIG of SMP Negeri 18 Purworejo, there were 40 students and one English teacher. The researcher used observation and recording for collecting the data. Flanders’ Interac- tion Analysis was used to identify and analyze teacher-student talk in the classroom interaction. The result of this study shows that the teacher was more ac- tive in the interaction. Meanwhile, the student was less active than the teacher. Based on the fi nding, the researcher concludes that the teacher was dominant in the classroom interaction. The percentage of the teacher talk was 78.15%,whereas the students’ participation was 21.16%. the students not balance between Indonesian and English. Indonesian is 62% while English is only 38%. It shows that teacher used more Indonesian than English when she explains the material. The interaction was in three ways communi- cation: interaction between teacher-students, students-teacher, and students-students.
ISSN:2252-8385
2541-4399