THE STUDY OF THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENTS TALK IN THE CLASSROOM INTERACTION OF THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 18 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

This thesis is a descriptive qualitative study on the teacher and students talk in classroom interaction of class VIII.G SMP N 18 Purworejo. The aims of the research are to know how is the interaction; to know what kinds of interaction are; and to identify what languages used in the classroom interaction.The data was taken by recording the classroom interaction two meetings (2x40 minutes). The subject in this research was in class VIII.G, there were 40 students and one English teacher. To analyze the data, the researcher used Flanders Interaction Analysis.  The result of the study showed that the tacher talk was 78.15%, students’ participation was 21.16% and the silent was 0.69%.  It means the teacher is superior and the students are inferior. The teacher used more direct in teaching her students.  The comparison of language used in classroom interaction is English 38% and Indonesian 62%.

(Keywords: teacher talk, students, talk, classroom interaction)