Abstract :
In the language learning process, Interaction is an important aspect to
improve the communication skills. Communication itself is very dependent on the
interaction where everything occurs in the classroom. Interaction in the classroom
will not occur without teacher talk and student talk.
There was statement of problem in this study: (1) How is classroom
interaction in speaking class? Thus the objectives of the study was to describe
how classroom interaction in speaking class which interaction itself has ten
categories of teacher talk and student talk proposed by Flanders.
This study used descriptive qualitative research design. This study
conducted in SMP Muhammadiyah 7 Cerme .This research subject is an English
teacher in class VIII and students in class VIII-C. Data obtained from
observations over three times meetings in the class. Instruments used in this study
are questionnaires, interview guides, recording observation and field notes.
The findings of the study show that the teacher employed most aspects of
existing theories of Flanders in the teaching learning process to make his talk
comprehensible to the student, teacher accepted student?s feeling, gave praising or
encouraging and joking, used student?s ideas, asked question, explained or
lecturer, gave direction, and criticized student?s response. Besides that, the
students were active enough in the classroom interaction. The result of
observations showed that the students? participation that included students? talk
response and students? talk-initiation was high enough from the teaching-learning
time.
The conclusion of this thesis the researcher concluded that classroom
interaction that occurred in the Speaking class was adequate. The teacher and the
students interacted in the classroom interactively and communicatively. Teacher
almost apply all of category teacher talk both direct and indirect teacher talk.
Then, students also gave response and gave initiate during process teaching and
learning.
The researcher suggests for the teacher to give more time to beginning
interaction before explaining or give students stimulate first to come up their idea
in order to the class is not dominated by the teacher. Then, for the students the
researcher suggest that the student more active in the class especially in speaking
class. And the last for further researcher that she or he should observe comparing
of classroom interaction at village and town schools