An analysis of teacher and student talk in the classroom interaction of the eightgrade of MTs DarulUlumTanjungBintang

Abstract

The aims of this research are to describe the results of research on interaction patterns and interaction characteristics in the classroom in learning and teaching activities in MtsDarulUlumTanjungBintang. This type of research is descriptive qualitative and the data are collected through classroom observation by utilizing a video recorder to record interactions between teachers and students in English class and to record the process of interview with the teacher and students. Participants in the interview process are the teacher, six students with a low level of English, and six students with a high level of English. This research relies on El-Hanafi type grouping theory (2013) to identify patterns of interaction occurring in the class and Flanders theory's Interaction Analysis Code (FIAC) model to identify interaction characteristics in the study. During the observation, the researcher found out that the interaction in the class tended to use verbal communication. Moreover, the pattern of interaction occurring in the study were students - students' interaction,  teacher - whole class interaction,  teacher - whole group interaction, teacher - individual students' interaction, or individual - teacher interaction. The teacher is more direct in her teaching. It can be seen from the ratio between the verbal and non-verbal communication, the result is less than verbal communication 40,4% And non-verbal communication 19% it means that the teacher gives lesson (lecturing) and direction to the students during the teaching learning process. The teacher attempts to make her students being more active in the class by giving chance for the student to ask when the teacher was lecturing.

Keywords: teacher talk, student talk, classroom interaction