Arrumaisa, Ellya. 2019. The Teacher Talk in Teaching Reading Comprehension for the Ninth Grade Students of SMPN 9 Banjarmasin.  SARJANA’S THESIS, English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. The first advisor: Asmi Rusmanayanti, S.Pd, M.Sc,the second advisor: Elvina Arapah, M.Pd.

Keywords: Teacher talk, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Reading Comprehension, FLINT Analysis

            Teacher talk is important, not only as of the object of the course but also as the medium to achieve the teaching and learning objective. Concisely, the organization and the goal of teaching in the classroom are achieved through teacher talk. Therefore, this study aims to find out the teacher's talk in teaching reading comprehension. The method applied in this study was the qualitative approach and descriptive method. The subject of this research was the ninth grade teacher at SMPN 9 Banjarmasin. The data were collected through observing the teacher talk in teaching reading comprehension. Supporting data was also added from interviewing the teacher. Also, audio visual-materials were used in observing and interviewing process. The data was analyzed using The Foreign Language Interaction Analysis (FLINT) model in Brown (2001). The result showed that the entire teacher talk categories appeared in this study, they were dealing with feelings, praising and encouraging, using ideas of students, repeating students verbatim, asking questions, giving information, correcting without rejection, giving directions, criticizing student behavior and student response. It suggested that the teacher should apply more to the use of students’ idea categories that are found meaningful to the students reading comprehension activities in the classroom. Finally, it is suggested for other researchers to conduct similar research about teachers talk with different research contexts or models to find deeper data.