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written from because the assessment toward the result of students’ learning is in written. It also happened in oral form, where the teacher during teaching learning
activity made dialogue to ask the students to finish their task.
b. Interaction among students
Student-student interaction plays a more important role for educational success than teacher-student interaction because student-student interaction
influences students’ educational aspirations and achievement, develops social competencies, and encourages taking on the perspective of others. If the student-
student interaction is to be a successful instructional strategy, teachers must control two important aspects, namely how learning goals are structured and how
conflicts among students are managed. “Iya. Saya menciptakan interaksi antar siswa dengan membentuk
kelompok. Saat membentuk kelompok tersebuut, saya akan memberi siswa sebuah permasalahan. Lalu mereka saya suruh menjawab masalah
tersebut dengan berdiskusi antar teman. saya pun menggunakan bahasa Inggris saat memberikan instruksi-instruksi tersebut. Saya berusaha untuk
tidak menggunakan bahasa Indonesia saat berinteraksi, hanya saja jika kepepet ya saya pake bahasa Indonesia.” Interview with teacher AN on
Monday, May 30
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2010 From the quotation above it reveals the teacher created interaction among
students by making group. When the students were divided into some groups, the teacher gave them exercises to do. The pattern of communication that occurs in
student-student interaction may still be shared by teacher and students. In this research context, teacher chose to control the structure and content of interaction
among students based on her instructional goals, the nature of her classroom events, and the type of student-student interaction she hoped to promote.
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It was not difficult to divide the class into some groups. Even the students seemed happy by doing this activity. When the students interacted to each other,
they were not aware of the structural or grammatical features of the English. In other word, they lacked of using English in their daily conversation because they
still used their mother tongue in the interaction among them. It is also supported by teacher AN’s statement. She stated:
“Mereka masih kurang dalam menggunakan bahasa Inggris, apalagi jika berinteraksi dengan teman sejawat. Susahnya karena bahasa Inggris itu
masih bahasa asing dan mereka belum terbiasa. Jadi ini tugas besar kami sebagai guru mereka” Interview with teacher AN on Monday, May 30
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2010.
3. The Strengths and Weaknesses of Bilingualism in Teaching Learning Activities
