Speech Styles used by male and female Teachers in English Language interaction at  Junior High School

Suci Pole Mappaita; Sukardi Weda; Andi Anto Patak

Speech Styles used by male and female Teachers in English Language interaction at Junior High School

Suci Pole Mappaita^(1*), Sukardi Weda⁽²⁾, Andi Anto Patak⁽³⁾,

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

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the speech styles used by male and female teachers in junior high schools in the context of classroom interactions. There are 5 English teachers including 2 male teachers and 3 female teachers at SMP Negeri 14 Makassar who participated in this study using a qualitative descriptive method. This qualitative method study looks at the types of speech styles used by male and female teachers using the theory from Tubbs and Moss (2008) and their impact on students' interaction in English using the theory from Baxter (2010). Data was collected using Audio Recording, Observation, and Interview by conducting data analysis through a discourse analysis approach. Based on the research findings, (1) male and female teachers use the six types of speech styles namely Controlling style, Equalitarian style, Structuring style, Dynamic style, Relinguinshing style, and Withdrawal style with different usage contexts (2) the impact that occurs on students through male and female features, namely maintaining student focus in class, developing student creativity in interacting with English, and student enthusiasm in learning.

Keywords

Speech Style; Male Teachers; Female Teacher; Junior High School.

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