TURN TAKING PATTERNS OF ENGLISHTEACHING IN FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL CLASSES (A Comparative Study at Ma’had Walisongo Semarang)

Abstract

This paper aims at describing and comparing the turn taking pattern, the teacher‟s role, and the factor influencing the turn taking pattern in non-formal and formal classes. This research is designed as a qualitative and comparative study. The subjects of the data were students and the tutors/the teachers in non-formal and formal classes at Ma‟had Walisongo. The data of this research were gained through observation and unstructured interview. The result shows that the turn taking pattern in non-formal class can be formulated as A-B-A-B. Meanwhile in formal class it can be formulated as A-B-A-B, A-B-AA-A-B, or A-A-B-A-A. Those different patterns are caused by several factors like the different teacher/tutor‟s role, the difference of learning goal and the curriculum in both classes. Keywords: Turn Taking Pattern, Formal and Non-formal classes, Descriptive Comparative Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan dan membandingkan pola alih tutur, peran guru/tutor, dan faktor yang berpengaruh di kelas non formal dan formal. Penelitian ini dirancang sebagai penelitian kualitatif komparatif. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah murid-murid dan guru/tutor di kelas non formal dan kelas formal Ma‟had Walisongo. Data diambil dari pengamatan dan wawancara tidak terstruktur. Penelitian ini menujukkan bahwa pola alih tutur di kelas non formal dirumuskan sebagai A-B-A-B, sedangkan pola alih tutur di kelas formal dirumuskan sebagai A-B-A-B, A-B-A-A-A-B, atau AA-B-A-A. Perbedaan pola tersebut disebabkan karena perbedaan beberapa factor seperti perbedaan peran guru/tutor, perbedaan tujuan pembelajaran dan perbedaan kurikulum di kelas formal dan non formal. Kata Kunci: Pola Turn Taking, Kelas Formal dan Non-formal, Komparative Descriptif