Student Talk and Teacher Talk

2.1.4 Student Talk and Teacher Talk

In the previous part of this study, the researcher have already explained that classroom interaction is cooperative effort from teacher and students in form of talk. The researcher lists several definitions about teacher talk and students talk and how those aspects influence the interaction. Teacher talk has attracted attention because its potential effect on learners’ comprehension, which has been hypothesized to be important for L2 acquisition Ellis, 1994:583. Teacher as the one who lead the interaction in class, produce teacher’s talk to input and stimulate students comprehension. There are several definitions of teacher talk TT have been given from different perspective by some experts. Teacher talk is the language a teacher uses to allow the various classroom processes to happen, that is the language of organizing the classroom. This includes the teacher’s explanations, responses to questions, instructions, praises and correction. Ellis 1985 formulates his own view about teacher talk : “Teacher talk is a special language that teacher use when addressing L2 learners in classroom ”. It means that teacher addresses classroom language learners differently from the way they address classroom that they address classroom learners. Teacher talk is also defined as the kind of modification in teachers’ speech that can lead to a special type of discourse Richard and Lockhart, 1996. Richard and Lockhart explain that when teacher use teacher talk, they are trying to make themselves as easy as possible to understand and effective teacher talk may provide crucial support to facilitate both language comprehension and learner production. Teacher talk is defined as the kind of modifications in teacher’s speech that can lead to a certain type of discourse Ellis, 2008. Moreover, Nunan 1991 states that teacher talk is crucial importance, not only for organization of the classroom but also for the process of acquisition. In line with this, Cullen 2002 argues that teacher talk is used in class when teachers are conducting instruction, cultivating their intellectual ability and managing classroom activities. Suherdi 2009 divided student talk into four types: 1 asking questions, 2 creating talk exchange, 3 repeating and answering teacher’s or peer’s question. Meanwhile, according, to Moore 2008, creating student talk has a good advantage. The student can acquire the knowledge and exchange information through interaction. For example, a student who is talking with herhis peers can exchange the information about their experience, hobbies, and many more.

2.1.5 Theory Basis of Adjacency Pairs and Teacher-student interaction