Analysis of Teacher Talk in The Bilingual Class at Non English Department

Abstract

This study aims to find out the way of teacher talk used by the teacher in classroom interactions. The interaction focuses only on the teacher. The subjects of this study were two lecturers who teach bilingual classes, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar. This study uses observation and interviews as instruments to collect data. Based on the results of the study, it was found that in bilingual class interactions, lecturers used all types of teacher talk. The types of teacher talk used in bilingual classes are indirect influence and direct influence. The use of teacher talk in bilingual classes is adjusted to the skills being taught, namely speaking and listening. In using teacher talk in speaking class, the lecturer makes the class interactive. Meanwhile, in the listening class, the lecturer dominates the form of teacher talk. In a bilingual class, the language used by the lecturer is adjusted to the students' abilities. In the listening class, the lecturer uses Indonesian dominantly because what is taught is tenses. And in the speaking class, the lecturer uses the dominant English language in order to train students' English language skills and make students accustomed to using English to interact in class.