TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE ... i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... ii
ABSTRACT ... iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... v
LIST OF TABLES ... viii
LIST OF PICTURES ... ix
LIST OF CHARTS ... x
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION OF THE RESEARCH ... 1
A. Background ... 1
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FOUNDATION ... 10
A. Classroom Interaction ... 10
1. Teacher-student interaction ... 12
2. Student-student interaction ... 12
B. Group Work ... 18
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 30
A. Research Design ... 30
B. Participants ... 31
C. Data Collection ... 31
1. Observation ... 34
D. Research Procedures ... 35
E. Data Analysis ... 36
1. To what extent group project improves students’ interaction ... 36
2. The difficulties which 4A students face along the completion of group project ... 39 3. The strategies 4A students do to overcome their difficulties ... 40 CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ... 40
Findings ... 40
A. The Improvement of Students’ Interaction through Group Project ... 42 1. Teacher-student interaction ... 43
2. Student-student interaction ... 66 B. Students’ Difficulties In Doing Group Project 76 C. Students’ Ways to Overcome Their Difficulties 79
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ... 90
A. Conclusions ... 90
B. Suggestions for Further Research ... 92
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 93
APPENDICES ... 96 APPENDIX I: Form of Students’ Interaction Checklist Sheet
APPENDIX II: Transcripts of Video Taping & Coding APPENDIX III: Students’ Talks Calculation
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1 Functional Analysis of Children’s Classroom Talk
(FACCT)... 15
Table 3.1 Two Cycles of Treatments... 33
Table 3.2 Research Procedures ... 35
Table 3.3 Video Transcript Codes I ... 37
Table 3.4 Video Transcript Codes II ... 39
LIST OF PICTURES
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LIST OF CHARTS
Chart 4.1 The Frequency of Asking permission to talk 46
Chart 4.2 The Frequency of Asking simple questions for information 48 Chart 4.3 The Frequency of Responding to a question or statement 50 Chart 4.4 The Frequency of Repeating what teacher had said 52
Chart 4.5 The Frequency of Finding out something 54
Chart 4.6 The Frequency of Expressing personal feelings and emotions
56
Chart 4.7 The Frequency of Providing information 57
Chart 4.8 The Frequency of Expressing agreement or disagreement 60 Chart 4.9 The Frequency of Creating or revising students’ talks 62
Chart 4.10 The Frequency of Using fillers 63
Chart 4.11 The Frequency of Extending what teacher had said 65 Chart 4.12 The Frequency of Asking simple questions for information 69
Chart 4.13 The Frequency of Providing information 70
Chart 4.14 The Frequency of Expressing agreement or disagreement 72
Chart 4.15 The Frequency of Using fillers 73
Chart 4.16 The Frequency of Organizing work or learning processes or control behaviour