Classroom Verbal Interaction of Pre-Service Teachers During Teaching Practicum Class

Abstract

The aim of this study is to find out the types and dominant category of classroom verbal interaction demonstrated by pre-service teachers during their teaching practicum. The study is a qualitative research which employs observational method. The participants of this study are the 2 pre-service teachers taking teaching practicum class at English Language education Department in a private university in Yogyakarta. The data in this research was collected from indirectly observation via transcribed video recording of pre-service teaching practicum class. The data analyzed by Flanders Interaction Analysis System (FIACS). The result from FIACS showed that all of the categories of interaction were used by the pre-srvice teachers with varying degree and the dominant type of teacher talk that used by pre-service teachers is asking question. Asking question category composed 22,2% from six classroom observations. The researcher found that 2 pre-service teacher at English Language Department in one of private university in Yogyakarta used yes/no questions, wh-questions, tag questions during teaching in classroom. Keywords: FIACS, Teaching Pracitcum, Pre-Service teachers