BAB III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Findings
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FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter will discuss the research findings. This chapter will describe the final results done by the researcher, the findings of the research question about what types of social interaction applied by the teacher, how does the teacher apply social interaction and the last is what are the students’ perception on the use social interaction in practicing speaking for EFL students at SMP 39 BULUKUMBA
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question about the material being conveyed. That is where the social interaction with individual occurs.
Extract 1 : “ I usually call out the names of students to answer questions related to material I gave earlier.
extract 2 : I usually divide 3 parts to discuss with the first students, namely I go to the students one by one make sure whether the material I gave, otherwise I will explain more briefly to students so that it is easy to understand
Based on the above, it can be concluded that the teacher trains students’ level of courage in answering the questions from the the teacher.
b. Individual social interaction with group
Based on the result of the interview conducted by the researcher on the teacher, it is found that individual social interaction with groups is used in the classroom so that cooperation and interaction between students run smoothly.
Extract 1 : “I directed one student and another to work together in the group.”
extract 2 : “when I teach, I will divide several groups here I focus on familiarizing the individuals in the group who work well
Based on the data above can be concluded that the teacher used cooperation learning in this section
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c. Social interaction with group and group
Based on the results of the interview, not all students can use this interaction, especially in terms of conversations. Students are very difficult to have conversations with the group, but students are very enthusiastic in using this interaction, especially in discussing material, question, and quizzes. Because students can learn and play it is done by the teacher so that students in the class do not get bored of learning English.
Extract 1 : I see that almost all students cannot master the material I give especially on make conversations, but I usually make games so that students do not get bored in learning English.
extract 2 : I see the difficulties that occur in the little students when having conversations with that I usually use quizzes to practice cooperation learning between the groups.
Based on the data above can be concluded that teacher once in a while used a game and quizzes when learning.
From the data above, researcher found that the answer from interview conducted with the teacher as follow :
Extract 1 : important/necessary, communicating, and discussing.
“social interaction is communicating with people, whether it is a question and answer or are discussing something, students when the lesson is taking
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place in the classroom because when the teacher provides material to students, the teacher will give students time to ask questions about the material being conveyed, that is where the good interaction between teacher and students takes place, it is important/necessary so that students do not just sit quietly receive material in the class but ask questions/material that they do not understand, cooperative learning the language used in the classroom is English so that students will continue to learn about English vocabulary until fluent in English.
Extract : social interaction can help students or teacher for communication will be good and in this social interaction can learn about vocabulary until fluent in English.
(Sf, Thursday, 05th November 2020)
extract 2 : important and exchange ideas
“social interaction is the interaction or communication between students through personal, group, and group and group, students have good social interaction in class because by interacting students can communicate with friend and exchange ideas or pour their ideas to friends or groups, it very important to foster social interaction in the classroom, cooperative learning.
(Wk, Thursday, 05th November 2020)
Extract 2 : in this extract can we see that the types of social interactions that are often used by teachers of the three types are cooperative learning (interaction with group)
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2. The application of social interaction used by the teacher in the classroom
Based on observational data on the types of social interaction used and how to apply these types in the classroom as follow :
A. Observation result
a. Social interaction with individual
Based on the results of the observation conducted, the researcher found that the teacher applies this interaction for example, the teacher approaches one by one when there are students to learn and help students provide an understanding of what these students do not understand after that the teacher told students to explain little by little what was understood of the material after the teacher makes this interaction.
From the data above, it can be categorized as the application of the type of social interaction.
Extract 1 a: “ when students give me a question then I answer it and if there are students who can answer other students’ questions, I give them the opportunity to answer ”
Extract 2 : “When I make observations or introductions to students directly to other students or when I evaluate the learning directly to the participants students one by one.
Based on the extract above, it can be concluded that the teacher uses eye contact between one student and another.
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b. Individual social interaction with group
In this session, based on observation conducted the researcher found that the a group formation carried out by the teacher during learning made it easier for the teacher and students to interact in group and made it easier for the teacher to see direct collaboration between students in agroup. This type of social interaction is often used by the teacher when working on the assignment.
Extract 1 : how I apply it for a study group where there are 4/5 students, now what is the interaction when I explaining a material then let the students ask questions
Extract 2 : “When I open a lesson, what I have to do is ask how the readiness of all students is, so there is an interaction between me and all the students in the classroom.
Based on extract about can be concluded that the teacher divides into small groups so that students can concentrate and work well together
c. Social interaction with group and group
Based on the observation conducted, the researcher found that in the classroom interaction the teacher asked the student to interact with their group when discussing questions related to the topic explained by the teacher so that groups who did not understand the questions could understand this interaction so that there was feedback between group and group in the class.
Extract 1 : When I divide the group and then they are given a task to do, then the results of the discussion with the groups will be presented again so that
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the interaction between groups and group appears through a question and answer process
Extract 2 : the application group which there are 4/5 students, the interaction is by throwing questions to each other between groups regarding the material being studied
Based on the data above can be concluded that teacher always give question about material or topic who explaining.
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Students perception on the use of social interaction in practicing for EFLBased on the results of interviews made by the researcher for 1 week, the researcher found that basically students are more likely to use social interaction . From the interviews section, the researcher found all the students in class IX D like social interaction to apply in the classroom but students have six perceptions about social interaction there is a difficulty in using social interaction each parts. The researcher found there are ten students (individual),six students (groups) and nine students (groups and groups) who have a difficulty in practicing speaking if applied social interaction. The researcher also found the students interest in social interaction all the students in class IX D interesting with social interaction, be fond social interaction. In the interviews, the researcher has ten questions and students answered the question with the reason all participants gave the same answer in six questions but not on the reason.
From the data above the perceptions of students who fall into the category are :
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Extract 1 : easy and motivation
“Using social interaction is an easy to learn English because I can experience real social interaction using English, it is also fun to use social interaction in class.
Social interaction is the relationship between individuals and individuals or individuals with groups besides that I like learning English using this method because I get new experiences. Social interaction gives me motivation not to be afraid to speak in front of people. I also like talking with groups because I feel more confident”.
(Nfl, Friday, 30th October 2020) Extract 1 : in this students found it easier to learn English and are more confident in having conversations and the students get new experience about speaking in English class.
Extract 2 : increase my knowledge and motivation
“Social interaction adds to my insight into English I also like learning English with this because it can increase my knowledge or the way I speak in English, social interaction can also motivate me to speak English on the other hand I also like talking to individuals in class because it can increase my knowledge, this is easy and can also add to the way we speak in English, my English has increased from those who can only read or practice with this, my speaking has improved again”.
(Nms, Friday, 30th October 2020)
Extract 2 : The use of social interaction can increase knowledge about social interactions and can practice speaking of students not only improving speaking but also improving reading and writing skills.
Extract 3: easy method and interesting
“In my opinion using the social interaction method is an easy to understand the material provided during learning English, especially speaking practice because by using this social interaction model the difficulty my experience in this social interaction is
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interacting with groups and groups, this social interaction is very interesting in English class”.
Extract 3 : the material is gave in stages so that students can easily understand what is provided by the researcher, this method is also very interesting to use in the English class.
(Tah, Friday, 30th October 2020) Extract 4 : improve my English, very motivating and not nervous
”using this social my English improves because this social interaction trains us to speak directly or indirectly, the difference I feel is that I am not stiff when talking to other people, and I like doing this learning method because we are used to saying doing English so if we meet or chat with our interlocutors so we are not nervous, this method is also very motivating because we are encouraged to know various kinds of vocabulary that we don't know yet.”
Extract 4 : the use of this method in the English class is very motivating and trains students to learn English and also increase their vocabulary.
(Mj, Friday, 30th October 2020)
Extract 5 : improve my English and very motivating
“I feel my English is improving and I am not stiff in saying a sentence, I am also more fluent in pronouncing English words compared to before I did this , I like learning English in this method because it trains our speaking besides it also trains courage us to talk about this method is also very motivating because we will be more excited and curious about what English is, when we talk to other people in the classroom we will practice English”.
Extract 5 : in this extract students also learn better pronunciation
(Am, Friday, 30th October 2020)
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Extract 6 : easy method, very motivating, and English well
“In my opinion, using this method is very easy, if we interact socially, we will understand what other people are saying, and interacting with our friends is very fun because we can gain knowledge. My English has improved a lot because through this social interaction it is easier to understand, this method of social interaction is very motivating because I can learn English well. social interaction is a dynamic relationship between individuals and individuals, individuals with groups, and groups with groups.
and the difficulty I experienced during my interactions was the interaction between individuals”.
Extract 6 : by using this method students can understand less what the other person is saying besides that it can increase knowledge and learn English better.
(Ra, Friday, 30th October 2020) Extract 7 : Motivate
“I like talking with groups because we can discuss with friends before the conversation. Social interaction is a dynamic relationship between individuals and individuals, individuals with groups, and groups with groups. This social interaction really motivates me to learn more English. My response in using this method in English class is quite good”.
Extract 7 : can help students discuss what will be discussed in this conversation and can motivate students to learn more English.
(Kn, Friday, 30th October 2020)
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After the researcher explains about social interaction the students practicing conversation in three parts there are individual, groups, and groups and groups. When students do three parts of the conversation, the researcher only listens and sees students making conversation and after the conversation doing finished, the researcher proposes several interviews which is conducted through voice messages on WhatsApp to found that students perception of using social interaction in English class.
Practicing helps students to improve vocabulary and confidence levels because by practicing students can express their ideas either in individual groups or groups and groups.
For individuals, some students like practicing with an individual because had difficult levels a little bit in conversation.
For groups, some students also like practicing with an individual because their free to express their knowledge about speaking.
For groups and groups, many students do not like this part because had many difficult levels.
Based on the description above, practicing and interviews result showed the students’ perception of using social interaction in practicing a speaking skill.
From the description above, the researcher concluded that the perception of students about social interaction had a positive impact on students’ speaking skills.