AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHER TALK IN SPEAKING CLASS

Abstract

The study entitled “The Analysis of Teacher Talk in Speaking class”. This study aimed to find the type of teacher talk in speaking class and find the impact of teacher talk toward students’ speaking development. This research used qualitative descriptive method conducted at first grade of Islamic Junior High School in Panjalu. The research involved one teacher and ten students as participants. The data were obtained through audio recording and interview. The data were analysed, transcribed and categorized by applying Flanders’ Interaction Analysis Categories (FIACS) focusing on types of teacher talk. The first result shows that all of types of teacher talk categories were found in speaking class including accepting feeling, praising and encouraging, accepting or using students’ ideas, asking questions, lecturing, giving direction, and criticizing or justifying. From those various categories, asking questions was the category occurred the most in the classroom. The second result from the finding was found that teacher talk gave positive effect on development students’ speaking skill. The finding found that teacher talk was as the main resource for the students in speaking development. According to the results, it can be concluded that teacher talk plays very important role in students’ language development process. Hence, teachers are encouraged to utilize the correct, accurate and fluent English language that can be employed as a model for their students.