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Table 3.4 Blueprint of Interview Questions on Teacher Talk Functions used by the
Teacher in Elementary School English Class
Category Functions
Indicator Questions
Indirect Influence
Accepting -
“Assalamualaikum Wr.Wb.
” -
“Good morning students.
” What your
reason of greeting your
students?
PraisingEncouraging -
“Good.” -
“Okay good, clap hands for him.
” Do you always
praise your students?
Clarifying -
“Repeat again, ulangi lagi.
” Is this because
the students voice soft or
what?
Questioning -
“Dompet bahasa Inggrisnya apa?
” Why did you
use this kind of question?
Direct Influence
Giving Information -
“Harga dalam bahasa Inggris disebut
price. ”
Why you give this
information?
Correcting -
“Not, not theerteen, but thirteen.
” What your
purpose of using this utterance?
Giving Direction -
“Okay iya, follow me, ikuti saya.
” Why you used
this expression?
Criticizing -
“Membacanya map iya, bukan
maaaaappp. ”
Do you always correct your
students pronunciation?
Translating code- switching
- “Repeat again,
ulangi lagi. ”
Why you need to translate your
utterances?
b. Conducting the Interview
The interview was done with the participants. This aims to get the reasons and opinions from the participans about the languages they used during the
process of teaching-learning. Therefore, the interview questions were contructed based on the result of classroom observation data analysis. The researcher allowed
the participants to express their response freely to obtain their real opinion. The researcher asked the participants with the same questions.
53 The researcher did the first interview on Friday, April 5
th
, 2013 with the participant A. It was done at 09.15am it took about half an hour. Then the second
interview with the participant B. The researcher did the second interview on Saturday, April 6
th
, 2013. It was also done at 09.14 am rest time. In this research, the interviews was done by a phone call interview, therefore, during the
process of interview, the reseacher took some notes to get the point of the participants’ response and idea. Table 4.4 below shows the sample of interview
result.
Table 3.5 Sample of Interview Result Question
Responses Teacher A
Teacher B 1. Accepting
When you enter the
class you greet your students by using the
expression “Assalammualaikum
” first
then “good morning”. Do you
have any reason for that?
“Iya for a moslem people, it is our common role to
greet each other with the expresson of
“Assalammualaikum”. That why I used this
expression to greet my students, then I greet
them again with the Engl
ish expression “good morning
” depend on the time when I enter to the
class.” “For me, because mostly
my students are moslem and in Indonesia the
expression of
“Assalammualaikum” has became a national
expression used by not only moslem but also
other at a formal ceremonial to greet the
audiences. I used the English expression then
so the students relize that they are having an
English class at that
time.”
According to you, what is the purpose
of greet the students before you begin the
lesson? “Oke, I think that is a
common role of the teacher should do when
he enter the class. By doing this, we invited the
students to be ready participate in the learning
process.” “That important to do.
As usual when we meet someone especially
those who we have known, of course we
will greet them. Greet the students before start
the lesson aims to
encourage student’s behavior to more
actively participate in
the lesson.”
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Do your students always response to
your greeting? “Yes of course. They
always answer with the two expressions I used to
greet them.” “Iya...because they have
familiar with these two expressions.”
c. Analyzing the Interview Data
