The Reason of Switching Formal and Informal Talk Between Male and Female English Teachers in Classroom Interaction

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10.2991/978-2-494069-33-6_52How to use a DOI?

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Reason of Switching; Formal Talk; Informal Talk; Classroom Interaction

Abstract

This research aimed to find out the reason of switching formal and informal talk, which male and female English teachers produced in classroom interaction. This research was descriptive research in which two male English teachers and two female English teachers taught three English Courses in Padang, particularly teachers who taught in the intermediate class. The researcher collected the data through observation and audio recording, which transcribed the whole classroom interaction. The researcher first categorized the formal and informal talk and then identified and analyzed the reason for switching from formal to informal talk or vice versa with related reasons, including participant, topic, setting, and function. The obtained finding found both teachers genders switched formal and informal talk. The reason completely appeared with male and female English teachers. Further, male English teachers showed 117 reasons which the percentage was 46.6% and female English teachers produced 251 reasons which indicated the percentage was 53.4%. The female English teachers frequently switched their talk in classroom interaction, which produced higher formal or informal talk than male English teachers. Thus, both genders of teachers implied the reasons for switching existed in classroom interaction to build a connection with the students, explain the material, and provide a joke.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dennisya Marwa
AU  - Hamzah Hamzah
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/22
TI  - The Reason of Switching Formal and Informal Talk Between Male and Female English Teachers in Classroom Interaction
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 474
EP  - 481
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-33-6_52
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-33-6_52
ID  - Marwa2022
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