AN ANALYSIS OF CLASSROOM INTERACTION IN ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS USING PROBLEM BASED LEARNING APPROACH

Abstract

This article aims at analysing the interaction built by teacher and students in classroom teaching and learning activities by using problem based learning approach. The research was conducted at the tenth grade students of state vocational high school 4 Kalabahi, East Nusa Tenggara handled by one of English teacher when she took the apprenticeship program in the in-service teacher of Teacher Professional Education Program at Universitas Pancasakti Tegal. The writer used case study design and descriptive qualitative as the research approach. Flander’s Interaction Analysis Category System (FIACS) is used to analyse the classroom interaction by doing several stages; (1). Transcribing and coding the interactions, (2). Categorizing the interactions, (3). Calculating the frequency of interaction for the categories, and (4). Comparing the frequency of teacher and students’ talk. The result of analysis shows that the interactions happened in all interaction categories, except for the silence or confusion category. The frequency of teacher’s talk dominates the whole classroom interaction with 61.5%, meanwhile the students’ talk takes 38.5%. In conclusion, the teacher still takes much role in handling the class. Therefore, it is recommended for the teacher to give more chances for students to get involved in the classroom interactions for creating the students-centred learning atmosphere as the main characteristic of implementing problem based learning approach.