TEACHER TALK IN ESTABLISHING GOOD RAPPORT IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM

Sari

This study investigated the teacher’s talk in establishing good rapport in English classroom, including kinds of teacher’s talk and her ways to maintain good rapport during the teaching-learning process in class. Teacher talked here refers to the language that teacher used in language classroom rather than in other settings. In this research, a speaking  lecturer of UNISKA, She is a female lecturer and being a teacher for three nights of speaking English (English community) at the twelve grade of MA Darrul Imad Banjar Regency. In collecting the data using a voice-recorder and video camera to reflect what actually happens in classroom. This research employed a qualitative method to analyze the teacher’s talk in an English classroom. It is the oral form of teacher’s talk instead of written form that is under this investigation. The analyses showed that the influence of teacher talk is very significant in creating favorable condition for learning. Through teacher’s talk, rapport can be built and maintained. And the interactions among teacher and students produced the interesting teaching and learning.