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KINDS OF TEACHER TALK IN PROMOTING CLASSROOM
INTERACTION

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Wieke Nur Shanti
112008079

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012

KINDS OF TEACHER TALK IN PROMOTING CLASSROOM
INTERACTION

THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Wieke Nur Shanti
112008079

Approved by:

Anita Kurniawati, M. Hum.

Lany Kristono, M. Hum.

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___________________

Supervisor

Examiner

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Kinds of Teacher Talk in Promoting Classroom Interaction
Wieke Nur Shanti
Abstract
The study attempts at finding what kinds of talk that teacher uses in promoting classroom
interaction. The focus of this study was teacher’s questions and teacher’s feedback. These
two categories are mostly found in promoting or starting the classroom interaction. This study
was conducted in Bethany elementary school Salatiga. The subject of the study was one
English teacher from the second grade and four times classroom observations were done in
collecting the data. The data used descriptive method to describe what kinds of talks and
which talks were mostly used in promoting classroom interaction. The data analysis shows
that teacher talks consisted of questioning and giving feedback. Teacher’s questions are
divided into three parts, they are: procedural questions, convergent questions and divergent
questions. Whereas teacher’s feedbacks were divided into two parts, they are: feedback on
content and feedback on forms. The results show that teacher used convergent questions and

feedback on content mostly in promoting classroom interaction.
Keywords: Teacher talk, Classroom interaction

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