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INTRODUCTION
interaction is a kind of action that occurs as two or more objects which have an effect
each other. A good interaction between teacher and students in teaching and learning
process does not only improve students’ knowledge but also makes the class become
more interactive and active. As stated by Yu (2008, p.49), interaction facilitates not
interaction, both the teachers and the students can create the learning opportunities
which motivate the students’ interest and potential to communicate with others.
Then, Mackey (1999) cited by Suryanti (2015, p.248) mentioned that it is important
for a teacher to create interactive learning activity where students can communicate
with each other to generate meaning in the target language through turn-taking,
feedback, and negotiation. Swain (2000) cited by Yu (2008, p.48) in his journal
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Swain (2000) cited by Yu (2008, p.48) said that collaborative dialogue is the
building dialogue, in which language use and language learning can co-occur or it
dialogue happens effectively between learner and learner or learner and teacher.
Allwright (1984) cited by Yu (2008, p.49) stated that negotiation should be person-
who negotiated the input achieved higher vocabulary acquisition scores in the
immediate post test, and what is more important, they maintained this advantage over
time. There are mainly two negotiated forms in classroom interaction: face-to-face
since it requires the close cooperation between learners and learners, learners and
skill, ideology, emotion or other cultural etc in the learning activity (Young 1998 in
Yu 2008, p.49).
interaction in the classroom is not only the activity or skill performed in class but it is
also a potential to communicate each other. Charles & Ronald (1971, p.5) stated that
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of learning process. Furthermore, Charles & Ronald (1971, p.5) stated that there are
two kinds of communication namely one-way and two way communication. One
way communication indicates a flow information, theories, facts from one person to
another but there is no opportunity for the listener to respond or react directly. While,
the two waya communication indicates flow information, theories, fact among two or
more person where the sender of message has much greater opportunity to get
feeling and ideas. Gordon (2007, p.78) said "a language is a primary means to create
interaction between the teacher and the students. It is not only the target of
instruction but also the tool that helps the teachers and the students develop an
emotional bond".
In brief, the language used in the teaching and learning process will facilitate
communicative interaction between teachers and students. However, not all students
can use the same language well, especially the students who learn English as a
foreign language. For example, in an English classroom, it is always found that some
students usually avoid speaking in English with the teachers or friends because they
worry to make mistakes or they do not respond the teacher who asks a question in
English. Of course, the situation will not create a good classroom interaction.
Analysis of Verbal Interaction between Teacher and Students in the Classroom”. The
subjects of the research were the English teacher and 40 students of senior high
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school in Bandung. The research result indicated that the teacher was more dominant
than the students in asking questions, giving directions, and accepting ideas etc.
fourth grade classroom of elementary school at Fatih Bilingual School, it was found
that an English teacher who taught English for twenty students in the classroom
emphasized that students used English in communication activity in class. During the
teaching and learning process, they used English to communicate each other. For
students who used another language would be given a consequence. For example,
when the teacher asked a question in English, the students had to answer in English.
by the English teacher, even though the students usually speak in another language at
home or in daily life, but in the classroom they must use English to communicate
Dealing with the interaction between the teachers and the students in the
speak with the teacher in English while others seemed constantly worried to speak
and tend to be passive. In order words it can be said there were less interaction
between teacher and student in communicative activity during the learning process in
using English because most students did not want to be actively responding to the
happend in the class was more dominant in a one way communication pattern where
the teacher transfer information or theories but she has little response from students.
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Therefore, the writer is interested to conduct a research about the interaction
between a teacher and the students in using English during the teaching and learning
process of the fourth grade students to find out which kind of communication
patterns, one way or two ways communication more dominant happend between the
teacher and students in speaking class. Hence, this research entitled “The Interaction
This research aims to find out the interaction between the teachers and the
fourth grade students of Elementary School at Fatih Bilingual School. Therefore the
The result of this research can significantly be useful for teachers, readers,
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For teachers, this research result will give knowledge about how to improve
the interaction between students and teacher and also the students and the students in
For readers, this research result will give an understanding about the
interaction between the teacher and the students in the process of teaching and
learning in classroom.
For other researchers, this research result can be used as a preliminary basis
The scope of this study is limited to discuss about the kind of oral
communication happened between the teacher and student during teaching and
learning process in order to find out kind of communication patterns, one way or two
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CHAPTER 2
LITERATUREREVIEW
Wagner (1994) in Khadija (2010, p.9) stated that interaction is the activity
that require at least two objects and actions. Interaction occurs when these objects
and activity naturally influence each other. Khadija (2010, p.23) stated that
pedagogical instrument that helps the teacher to create the conditions for learning to
occur ". While, Robinson (2005, p.14) stated that through interaction, the students
and adults engage in dialogue that allows the exploration of previously unknown
paths of knowledge. This means that the heart of teaching and learning lies in
classroom interaction.
activity where the teacher and student do an interaction like talking to each other.
While, classroom interaction according to Ellis (1990) cited by Suryati (2015, p.2), it
is all communication which refers not only to those exchanges involving authentic
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communication but to every oral exchange that occurs in the classroom. In addition,
Brown (2001) quoted by Shafira (2015, p.2) defined that classroom interaction is the
is all about. Finally Hall and Walsh (2002, p.187) said that "classroom interaction is
can be defined as the communicative activity between the teacher and the student or
the student and the student to achieve knowledge or teaching and learning goals.
Besides, classroom interaction is the activity done by the teacher and the student.
learning of a school because it has some contributions that are stated as follows: Hall
and Verplaetse (2000, p.163) stated that through classroom interaction, students can
develop their social needs, communication, and academic. Besides, the students have
opportunity to share their knowledge each other, etc. In addition, Dewey, et.al (1998,
p.32) stated that the classroom interaction promotes the construction of fresh
the contextual disadvantages and enable students to attain adequate knowledge and
master the content. By their nature, the classroom interaction engages students’
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p.31) state that interaction is important because the learner can derive meaning from
classroom activity. Besides, interaction gives learners the opportunities to state their
There are three types of interaction in the classroom stated by Harry, et.al
student-content interaction.
Harry, et.al (2001, p.22) explained that the student-student interaction is the
interaction between one learner and other learner, alone or in group setting without
the real time presence of the teacher. Moore (1989) in Gonzales (2016, p.70) stated
without the presence of the teacher. Then, Badrul (2001, p.181) stated that student-
student interaction is a situation in which student work together to master new skill
develop the learner's capacities through collaborative works. Scrivener (2005, p.86)
made the following diagram to show clearly how the interaction happens between the
student-student:
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ST ST ST ST ST ST ST
ST ST ST ST ST ST ST
ST ST ST ST ST ST ST
ST ST ST ST ST ST ST
ST ST ST ST ST ST ST
T
Key:
ST = student
T = teacher
Figure 2.1 shows that the interaction between student and student is more
interaction in the speaking classroom, there are two kinds of interactional activities
that can be used. First, the teacher asks the students in pairs to make a dialogue at
home and then perform it in pairs in front of their classmates. Second, the teacher
asks the student to do a survey. In this activity, the students ask and give information
interaction. Moore (1989) in Gonzales (2016, p.70) stated that the teacher-student
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interaction refers to the teacher's role in encouraging the student to master a content.
Harry, et.al (2001, p.20) stated that the teacher-student interaction is the interaction
between the student and the teacher who prepared the subject material. Wood’s
(1988) cited by Rivera (2009, p.58) stated that kinds of teacher-student interaction is
social cultural activity. Then, Coulthard (1977) cited in Khadija (2010, p.31) stated
that interaction happens between a teacher and a student or more. In this interaction,
the teacher might asks questions, ask student’s opinion, teaches a material, gives
directions, responses the student etc. Scrivener (2005, p.84) stated that if a teacher
spends much time to talk in the classroom, the student will have less time to interact
student to talk
6. The teacher does not always sit in front of the class, the teacher
teacher-student.
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From the explanation, it can be concluded that the teacher should encourage
more interaction between students rather than talking to much in the classroom.
The following diagram shows the interaction happens between the teacher and
ST ST ST ST ST ST ST
ST ST ST ST ST ST ST
ST ST ST ST ST ST ST
ST ST ST ST ST ST ST
ST ST ST ST ST ST ST
T
Key:
ST= student
T = teacher
Figure 2.2 shows that the interaction between teacher and student is more
Then, Celce-Murcia (1989) in Abarca (2004, p.4) stated that we need to consider the
dominated classroom is the one where the teachers spend most of the time talking,
and the students' participation is very limited. The teacher-centered classroom is the
one where the teacher is controlling the students’ participation through some
classroom activities and students have the chance to participate. Conversely, the
student-centered classroom is the one where the students can participate more
actively. Besides, they can direct and develop the classroom activities by interacting
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among themselves. Moreover, Romentveit (1985) cited in (2002, p.14) states that in
teacher-student interaction, the teacher often controls the content of interaction and
Harry, et.al (2001, p.20) stated that student-content interaction refers to the
in active reading and writing. The students identify text that is important for recall,
student is involved with course material. Reading text, solving problem, and
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According to Swain (2000) quoted by Yu (2008, p.48), collaborative dialogue
mode with small groups of students have increased in many classrooms as the
2.3.2 Negotiation
Ellis and Barkhuizen (2005) in Khadija (2010, p.11) defined that negotiation
is a verbal exchanges that occur when the speakers do a communication. The learners
in the classroom should make the linguistic output more comprehensible for the other
learners or teacher in the class, so that they can engage with them in the interaction.
Then, based on the Long man dictionary, negotiation is what speaker do in order to
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It is the interaction between peer students in face to face participating
modify their output without overtly indicating that a mistake has been
made.
2.3.3 Co-construction
Jacob (1995) cited in Yu (2008, p.49) states that co-construction is the joint
ideology, emotion or other culturally-related meaning reality. Then, foster and Ota
(2000) cited in Phlip (2004, p.50) state that co-construction is a strategy. Though co-
construction, learner assists one another to keep the conversation going to complete a
task.
Ellis (1990) cited by Suryati (2015, p.2) stated that interaction is all
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communication but to every oral exchange that occurs in the classroom. In addition,
Brown (2001) quoted by Shafira (2015, p.2) defined that classroom interaction is the
is all about.
Charles & Ronald (2000, p.5) stated that there are two communication pattern
namely one way communication and two way communication. The differences of
essensially top-down "I talk and you listen". Then Sellnow (2005, p.11) stated that
one way communication pattern is the speaker sends a message to a listener who
receives a message.
West and Lynn (2009, p.12) said that the characteristic of one way
written or spoken. Furthermore, Fielding (2006, p.502) stated that in one way
Charles & Ronald (2000, p.5) stated that the important characteristic of one
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Hence, based on the above explanation it can be conluded that one way
circular is also called as two way communication in which the speaker and listener
Charles & Ronald ( 2000, p.6) stated that the important characteristic of two
ways communication is that the speaker who sends a message getting respond
Fielding (2006, p.502) stated that in two way communication, both speaker
and listener are involves in creating a message. In other word the speaker receives a
responds from the listener. Nelson (2008, p.91) explained that two way
information, idea or message, then the listener gives a responds. In other words, there
Charles & Ronald (2000, p.6) described that the differences one way and two
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1. One way communication is more efficient than two ways communication. It
under the onw way communication is less complete than under the two way
communication.
language betwee the communicator and listener. While, under the two way
kindergarten in Salatiga. The subjects of the research were the teacher and all
students who joined the classroom. It was found that the interaction happened during
the teaching and learning process was only between the teacher to the students and
the students to the teacher. The interaction between the students and the students did
not appear because they were not given time to discuss in pairs or groups. Only few
students with the same problem found that the typical communication in a classroom
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is a one-way communication where the teacher talks and the students are given the
Interaction between Teacher and Students in the Classroom”. The subjects of the
research were the English teacher and 40 students of senior high school in Bandung.
The research result indicated that the teacher was more dominant than the students in
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH DESIGN
p.3), qualitative research aims to answer questions about ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’ of a
phenomenon rather than ‘how many’ or ‘how much’. Then, Hancock (1998, p.2)
phenomena and answer to questions which begin with why and how ".
Match stated that there are three qualitative methods such as participant
observation, in-depth interviews, and focus groups. While, Larsen& Michael (1991,
Larsen & Michael (1991, p.24) stated that by using the non participant method, the
researcher observe the activity and leaves them free to take note or make recording
Jl.Sultan Malikul Saleh no.103, Lamlagang, Banda Aceh. It was established and
started giving education on 2005. The school provides bilingual education in natural
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and social science education; even more they provide a foreign language such as
English. In addition, the school becomes one of the most favorite school in Banda
Aceh.
during teaching and learning process, therefore the writer is interested to conduct the
The population of this study is the students and the English teachers in Fatih
Bilingual School which consists of some classes. Since it is impossible to take all
students and the English teachers for this research, the writer took the sample of the
research by using a purposive sampling technique. Match, et al (2005, p.5) stated that
question. Sample sizes which may or may not be fixed prior to data collection,
depends on the resources and time available, as well as the study’s objectives.
Therefore the writer took all of the students and the English teacher in class
IV since there only one class at fourth grade. The total students in the class are 27
students and an English teacher. The writer took the sample because the students in
the class has never been used by other researchers as the research sample in the same
problem. Besides, the students are active students in the class therefore the writer
want to find out which communication pattern is more dominant performed by the
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While, the objects of this research is the oral communication performed by
the teacher and the students during teaching and learning process.
and learning process especially in the interaction between the teacher and the
students in speaking activity. While the source of data collected by observing the
teaching and learning process. Hancock (1998, p.2) states that qualitative data can be
Observational sheet was made by the writer that includes some oral
circular (two way communication) activity. The checklist technique was used in
which the writer put a chek on the available column if the items performed by the
teacher and the students in the teaching and learning process. Then the writer wrote
the teacher's and students’ statement or response about the spoken communication
happen between the teacher and the students in the observational sheet. See
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Video record was used to record the class activity because it was difficult to
remember all kinds of interaction performing during the teaching and learning
process. Or there might be some indicators were not listed on the observational sheet
so the writer can play the video to see the class activity again. 3.6 Technique of
Bricki and Green (2002, p.20) states that to understand the complexities of
many situations, direct participation and observation can be the best research
technique to collect the data. Therefore, the technique of data collection in this
Before conducting the observation activity, the writer first asked the Fatih
Billingual School headmaster's permittion for conducting the research. After that, the
writer met the English teacher in class IV to ask the schedule of English class.
Next, the writer conducted observation activity in which the writer directly observed
the teaching and learning process in class IV. The observation activity was held once
based on the schedule given by the teacher. During the teaching and learning process
the writer gave a cheklist for each item on the observational sheet if the the
In order to analyze the data, the writer used the technique of data alanysis
1. Data Display
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Hooberman (1994) cited in Talukder (2014, p.74) stated that data display
matrix that provides a new way of arranging and thinking about the more textually
embedded data. Therefore, in this step, the writer presented the data by describing
the linier and circular communication performed by the teacher and the students
during teaching and learning process in order find out which communication’s
2. Conclusion
Hooberman (1994) cited in Talukder (2014, p.74) stated that this conclusion
involves stepping back to consider what the analyzed data mean and to assess their
implications for the questions at hand. In this step, the writer concidered and made a
conclusion about which communicative of interaction that was more dominant in the
class.
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