THE PATTERN OF ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS IN TWO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN MAGELANG

Abstract

This paper deals with the classroom conversation in the English class for high school students. It reveals the turn taking pattern, structure of conversation, exchange patterns, teacher‟s talk, and communicative approach in the classroom. This research was designed in descriptive study. The sources of the data were the teachers and the students from two different schools in Magelang. The data were taken through the video recording and observation. The data were analyzed using Conversation Analysis and Sinclair and Coulthard Initiation-Response-Feedback (IRF) Model. The result shows that the teachers were dominant in the English class, and it was important to maximize the structure of conversation in the classroom so that the students had a lot of opportunity to be active in the English class. Keyword : turn taking pattern, exchange pattern, classroom conversation