Katiandagho, Abtafia E. L. 2023. Teacher Talk Used in Enhancing English Classroom Interaction. SARJANA’S THESIS. English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. The first advisor: Dr. Cayandrawati Sutiono, M.A, the second advisor: Elvina Arapah, M.Pd.

Keywords: Teacher talk, FLINT Analysis, Classroom Interaction

            The process of a language learning will happen if there is an interaction between teachers and the students in the classroom. Therefore, it is important for the teachers to make a good interaction between both parties to facilitate and increase student’s participation during a teaching and learning process. Moreover, the purpose of this study is to describe how teacher talk is used by the English teachers (in their Dalam Jabatan PPG program) to enhance English classroom interaction.

            The research was conducted with a qualitative approach by using content analysis research. The subjects of this research were two English teachers on their Dalam Jabatan PPG program who teach English for high school students at SMA Jakarta Islamic School and SMAS Global Islamic Boarding School Banjarmasin. The data were collected through analyzing the teacher talk in 6 recorded meetings using FLINT model in Brown (2001).

Based on the video meetings, it is shown the pattern of interaction was mostly started by teachers. Teachers actively provoke students’ participation. From the analysis result, both teachers most dominantly used giving direction in the teaching and learning process and also frequently used asking questions, praising or encouraging, using students’ idea, and repeating student response verbatim to indirectly increase students’ participation. The use of repetition with native language through the teacher talk succeeded in enhancing classroom interaction.

It is suggested for English teachers to give enough chances for students to participate by generating more variety of teacher talk and reducing their talking time. Lastly, it is suggested for other future researchers to conduct a study on a similar context to expand the research of teacher talk by using another category other than FLINT system and to take a larger area by using more variables to get much richer data.