THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCAFFOLDING IN SPEAKING CLASS OF AKADEMI ASIH HUSADA SEMARANG

Abstract

This study is descriptive qualitative research that discusses scaffolding as a teaching strategy to improve the students’ communication skill. Scaffolding is applied in teaching learning process for nursing academy students in Akademi Kesehatan Asih Husada Semarang. The aims of the study are to find out types of scaffolding technique that is used in classroom interaction, the steps are used in scaffolding technique and the difficulties are faced by the students in the classroom interaction. There are three steps in conducting this research. The first step is to transcript the recording. In the transcription can be seen how students respond the teacher’s questions and also how the teacher encourages the students to be more active. The second is to determine the types of scaffolding. There are three types of scaffolding in this research that are questions, initiations and feedbacks. The third is to explain the steps that the teacher used in scaffolding. The results show that there are three types of questions that are procedural question, convergent question and divergent question. Those questions are used to help the students to improve their communication skills. The steps of scaffolding are also used to guide teacher how to encourage the students until they become the independent learner.