AN ANALYSIS OF CLASSROOM INTERACTION THROUGH INITIAL RESPONSE FOLLOW UP MODEL DURING ENGLISH LEARNING PROCESS AT VIII-1 GRADES OF SMP NEGERI 3 BANJAR

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis tipe-tipe interaksi kelas dan menjabarkan proses dari setiap tipe dan kesulitan-kesulitan guru yang terjadi di dalam interaksi kelas selama proses pembelajaran bahasa inggris di kelas VIII-1 SMP Negeri 3 Banjar. Peneliti mengunakan sebuah metode qualitatif deskripsi. Data yang dikumpulkan dengan mengobservasi satu guru bahasa inggris dan dua puluh dua siswa dan melakukan wawancara tatap muka dengan guru bahasa inggris yang sama. Proses menganalisis data menggunakan Sinclair and Coulthard’ IRF teori model (1975). Hasil dari analisi data menunjukan bahwa ada tujuh tipe-tipe interaksi kelas, yaitu, teacher elicit, teacher direct, teacher inform, teacher check, student elicit, re-initiation (ii), and repeat. Tipe yang sering muncul selama proses pembelajaran bahasa inggris adalah teacher elicit. Berlawanan dengan itu, tipe yang jarang muncul adalah student elicit. Untuk sisa tipe-tipe lainnya, itu terjadi secara merata. Oleh karena itu, guru yang dominan melakukan interaksi kelas dari pada siswa. Selain itu, ada dua kesulitan-kesulitan yang dari interaksi kelas yang dihadapi guru di dalam mempromosikan Initial Response Follow up, yaitu, guru tidak memberikan perhatian yang setara untuk siswa dan guru memiliki rendahnya kemampuan pengelolaan terhadap interaksi kelas. Kesulitan pertama menunjukan bahwa itu merusak struktur dari teacher elicit type. kesulitan kedua menampilkan bahwa itu merusak struktur dari teacher elicit type dan teacher inform type
Kata Kunci : Interaksi kelas, Proses pembelajaran bahasa inggris, Sinclair dan Coulthard' IRF

This study aimed at analyzing the types of classroom interaction and describing the process of each type and the teacher’s difficulties happened in classroom interaction during English learning process at VIII-1 grades of SMP Negeri 3Banjar. The researcher used a descriptive qualitative method. The data were collected by observing one English teacher and twenty two students and doing face to face interview to one English teacher. Procedures of analyzing the data used Sinclair and Coulthard’ IRF model theory (1975). The results of the data analysis showed that there were seven types of classroom interaction, namely, teacher elicit, teacher direct, teacher inform, teacher check, student elicit, re-initiation (ii), and repeat. The most type happened during English learning process was teacher elicit. On the contrary, the least type was student elicit. For the rest of types, it happened moderately. Therefore, the teacher was dominant in conducting classroom interaction rather than students. Moreover, there were two difficulties encountered by the teacher in classroom interaction, namely, teacher does not give equal attentions for students and teacher has less management on classroom interaction. First difficulty showed that it broke the structure of teacher elicit type. Second difficulty showed that it broke the structure of teacher elicit and teacher inform type.
keyword : Classroom interaction, English learning process, Sinclair and Coulthard' IRF