Teachers’ Language Use in Classroom Interaction at Vocational High School in Makassar

Rahmi Ikawati Lestari; Syarifuddin Dollah; Haryanto Atmowardoyo

Teachers’ Language Use in Classroom Interaction at Vocational High School in Makassar

Rahmi Ikawati Lestari^(1*), Syarifuddin Dollah⁽²⁾, Haryanto Atmowardoyo⁽³⁾,

(1) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(2) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(3) Universitas Negeri Makassar
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to explore the teachers’ language use. This research applied qualitative method. The participants of this research were two English teacher and two classes of tenth grades students at SMKN 10 Makassar. The data of this research were collected by observation. The obtained data were analyzed in four major phases namely data collection, data display, data condensation and drawing conclusion. The results of this research revealed that teachers used first language, target language, local language, code mixing and code switching in classroom interactions. Teachers used Bahasa Indonesia more than English in instructional talk and management talk.

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language use; classroom interaction

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