EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CLASSROOM INTERACTION IN ENGLISH TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS THROUGH COMMUNICATIVE TASKS TO THE 8th GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 3 WATES

摘要

The objective of this study is to describe the efforts to improve classroom interaction in English teaching-learning process to the 8th grade students of SMPN 3 Wates in the academic year of 2012/ 2013.udThe type of this study was action research. This research was done to the VIIIB grade students of SMPN 3 Wates in the academic year of 2012/2013 as the source of collecting the data. The data were qualitative in nature. The data were collected through observations and in-depth interviews.udThe study reported that there were some problems occurring in implementing the actions related to students’ motivation and learning activities in cycle I. Some students tended to be passive and bored in English activities. They lacked motivation in learning English. Besides, they did not pronounce the words or expressions and did not understand the meaning of some difficult words. The learning activities tended to be monotonous. Moreover, there was low interaction among the English teacher and students in the process of teaching English. After the actions were implemented, some students tended to be active and enthusiastic in the process of teaching English. Their motivation became higher in learning English. They were also able to pronounce the words and mention some expressions. The English activities became interesting and the students were actively involved in English activities. In addition, interaction among students in the process of teaching English was good. They were given opportunities to share their ideas or opinion to the teacher or friends to achieve comprehension or understanding. In conclusion, after the actions were implemented, there was an improvement in students’ English skills.