VERBAL INTERACTION IN AN EFL CLASSROOM
(A Descriptive Study on the Second Grade Students
of SMP Negeri 1 Purwokerto, an RSBI,
in Academic Year 2011/2012)
A THESIS
Submitted to the English Department
as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S.Pd. Degree
by:
WINDA SRI ARYANI
0801050136
THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
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SKRIPSI BERJUDUL
VERBAL INTERACTION IN AN EFL CLASSROOM
(A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 PURWOKERTO, AN RSBI, IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012)
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Nama : WINDA SRI ARYANI
NIM : 0801050136
Program Studi : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Fakultas : Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
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VERBAL INTERACTION IN AN EFL CLASSROOM (A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE SECOND SEMESTER OF SMP NEGERI 1 PURWOKERTO, AN RSBI, IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012)
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DEDICATION
The writer would like greatly and proudly to dedicate this thesis to:
1. My God, Allah SWT
Thank you so much for blessing and mercy given for my life.
2. My beloved mom and dad
Thank you so much for your holly prayer, endless love, big support and great
motivation. You give me so much generous and meaningful gift in my life.
You mean everything. I love you so much.
3. My lovely sister Ekong, uncle Boding and Anto
I know how much you love and care of me. Thanks for supporting and
motivating me all the time.
4. My ex-boyfriend, Anjar Kustantoro
Thank you so much for the precious things that motivate and inspire me so
that I feel everything is gonna be easy to do.
5. My great bestfriend Momon, Ipin, Mamah, Ecih, Jeje, Muning, Entok, Siwil,
Musrek, Itah, Basir, Tomat, Maz Ngato, Sari, Paiz, Soim, Gundil, Tedy,
Patul, Ndut, Arie, Cina, Dita, Embe and Yuni.
You are successfully colored my life. Thanks a lot for giving me the meaning
of precious friendship in my life.
6. My friends Nopia, Aminut, Shanty, Nono, Dini, Ayum, Wewe, Mujay,
7. My partner; Maz Arif, Maz Azas and Mbak Icha in ICE course.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to conduct nice job as a tutor in ICE.
May we become closer in the line of Silaturahmi.
8. All my lecturers in the English Department.
Thanks for giving me a billion of knowledge, experience, and everything I
need.
9. All my friends in the English Department of UMP.
Thanks for showing me the meaning of friendship.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, the writer would like to say Alhamdulillahirobbila’lamin
and express her deepest gratitude to Allah SWT who has given blessing and
mercy, so that she is able to finish the thesis. Secondly, the writer also would like
to thank to the following people who have given so much helps and supports to
the writer:
1. Drs. Joko Purwanto, M.Si, the dean of the teacher training and education
faculty who has given the promission to write this thesis.
2. Endang Kusrini, S.Pd., M.Hum., as the chief of the English Department who
has given opportunity and agreement to conduct this study.
3. Endang Kusrini, S.Pd., M.Hum. and Lutfi Istikharoh, M.Pd., the writer’s
advisors, who have given much attention to the writer so that the writer can
finish this thesis.
4. All of the lecturers of the English Department for dedication to teach the
writer during the study.
5. The headmaster of SMP Negeri 1 Purwokerto who has given promission to
the writer to conduct the research.
6. Mr. Suyatno, S.Pd., as the English teacher of SMP Negeri 1 Purwokerto who
gave for help and suggestion during the research.
The writer believes that this thesis is far from perfectness; therefore
the writer would appreciate and welcome constructive criticisms and suggesstions
that would encourage her to study further.
Purwokerto, 1 Maret 2012
TABLE OF CONTENT
B. Nature of Classroom Interaction ... 17
1. Definition of Classroom Interaction ... 17
2. Aspects of Classroom Interaction ... 19
3. Compnents of Classroom Interaction ... 21
C. Classroom Interaction in Language Learning ... 22
1. Teacher Role ... 23
D. Verbal Interaction ... 26
1. Definition of Verbal Interaction ... 25
2. Function of Verbal Interaction ... 28
E. Non–Verbal Interaction ... 32
1. Definition of Non-Verbal Interaction ... 32
2. Kinds of Non-Verbal Interaction ... 32
3. The Use of Non-Verbal Interaction ... 34
F. Interaction in an EFL Classroom ... 34
G. Characteristic of Good Interaction ... 36
H. Method of Interaction Analysis ... 37
I. RSBI School ... 41
THE LIST OF FIGURES
No. Name of Figures Page
Figure 1 The Normal Pattern of Verbal Conversation 27
THE LIST OF TABLES
No. Name of Tables Page
Table 1 The Indicators of Flanders Interaction Analysis Category (FIAC) 41
Table 2 The Schedule of the Research 42
Table 3 Dimension of the Students’ Verbal Interaction 50
Table 4 The Scoring of the Students’ Questionnaire 51
Table 5 The Categorization of Verbal Interaction Percentage 55
Table 6 The Observation Result in Writing 59
Table 7 The Observation Result in Speaking 63
Table 8 The Observation Result in Listening 67
Table 9 The Observation Result in Reading 71
Table 10 The Score of Observation Results 73
THE LIST OF APPENDICES
No. Name of Tables Page
1. Indicators for Making Instruments 95
2. The Categorization Result of the First Observation Based on FIAC 96
3. The Categorization Result of the Second Observation Based on FIAC 100
4. The Categorization Result of the Third Observation Based on FIAC 103
5. The Categorization Result of the Fourth Observation Based on FIAC 108
6. The First Observation Sheet 113
7. The Second Observation Sheet 120
8. The Third Observation Sheet 125
9. The Fourth Observation Sheet 132
10. The Score of the First Observation Result in Writing 140
11. The Score of the Second Observation Result in Speaking 141
12. The Score of the Third Observation Result in Listening 142
13. The Score of the Fourth Observation Result in Reading 143
14. The Score of the Observation Results 144
15. Students’ Questionnaire 145
16. The Score of Students’ Questionnaires 149
17. The Result of Students’ Questionnaires 151
18. Interview Guide for the Teacher 152
ABSTRACT
VERBAL INTERACTION IN AN EFL CLASSROOM
(A Descriptive Study on the Second Grade Students of SMP Negeri 1 Purwokerto, an RSBI, in Academic Year 2011/2012)
By:
WINDA SRI ARYANI
The aims of this research were to describe the teacher-students’ verbal interaction and find the kinds of it in an EFL classroom. This research was conducted from November 2011 to February 2012 at SMP Negeri 1 Purwokerto, an RSBI, in Academic Year 2011/2012. The writer took 28 students of VIII D as the sample.
In collecting the data, the writer used recorder and observation sheet, guided interview, questionnaire and documentation. In this research, the writer used descriptive method.
