The Role of Teacher- Student Classroom Interaction in Teaching English Language
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https://doi.org/10.59743/jaf.v7i3.142Keywords:
Classroo, Interaction, English, Language, Student, TeacherAbstract
Teacher-student interaction in classroom where the English language is taught and, of course, learned plays an essential role in determining the success of teaching process and then learning process for both teachers and students respectively. Teacher-student interaction is very helpful in evaluating student’s level and one of the efforts to gain trust and respect from each other, and to encourage students to become better learners. This study aims to explain and examine the role of the teacher-student classroom interaction that occurs in Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Alasmarya Islamic University in teaching English. In addition, this study aims to provide realistic suggestions for overcoming any challenges, weak points and problems in this kind of interaction. For the sake of having full information results about teachers' opinions concerning the role of teacher-student classroom interaction in teaching English, a close-ended teacher questionnaire based on Likert scale was conducted on twelve teachers in the above-mentioned department. Most of these teachers think that teacher-student interaction is a must in teaching process especially when the effective interactional characteristics are available. Teachers’ positive feedback increases self-confident and motivated students' interaction provided that teachers prevent students from using their first language L1 in the classroom to maximize interaction in L2 and expose students as much as possible to the English language. Teacher- student interaction makes teaching process easier, quicker, and better. In addition, girls positively and effectively interact more than boys do.
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