Abstract

The paper concerns with investigating classroom interaction especially the classroom language used by teacher and students in teaching learning process in one Junior High School in Indramayu. Teacher’s talk signals the classroom language that is used by the teacher in the classroom throughout the class periods. Meanwhile, students’ talk signal classroom language that is used by the students. The study employs qualitative interaction analysis method involving fifty nine students and two teachers in two different classrooms. The data are gathered through non-participant observation and video recording. Classroom observations were conducted to gain the data concerning classroom interaction in teaching learning process. The data collecting was separated into twelve categories and analyzed using Flint (Foreign Language Interaction analysis) system adopted from Moscowitz that is widely used to investigate classroom interaction. The findings of this study showed that there are various verbal interactions used in classroom interaction. The data showed that the use of classroom language motivate students to speak and encourage the students to share their idea. But the data also showed that there are many obstacles in using classroom language. So it needs more effort from teachers and students to make classroom language familiar in the classroom.

Highlights

  • The research will be concerned with the analysis of teacher talk and student talk especially conversational analysis in a Junior High School

  • The analysis is as follow: TEACHER TALK The data below were used to explain the language that is used by the teacher

  • The present study serves as an attempt to investigate classroom interaction especially verbal interaction used in English class

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Introduction

It is believed that the students can acquire the material taught in their classes better when it is part of interaction rather than exposed to spoken or written text (Gass, et al cited in de Bot, et al 2005:176, Long in Ellis,1997: 47, Ellis, 1996:28, Johnson, 2004:85). Conversational interaction involving second language (L2) learners and their interlocutors has been central to second language acquisition (SLA) since the early 1980s. As the researcher experience that some English teachers only use English when they explain the material to the students and they use bahasa Indonesia to interact with students. In a class where English is only used as a learning material, the students will feel that English is not part of their life. When the teacher and students use English as a material and as a medium to learn English, it may help the students to speak better. Because activities involving real communication, carrying out meaningful tasks, and using language that is meaningful to the learner (Nunan: 1999:246)

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