Dynamic Moves Found in the Classroom Discourse

Interaction is an important word for language teacher. The interaction between teacher and students can determine the quality of teaching learning. In some instances of classroom interaction, the occurrences of dynamic moves cannot be avoided. The dynamic elements are always found in the interaction between teacher and students. In this case, teacher plays significantrole in the classroom interaction. In the scope of this phenomenon, the research was aimed to find out types of dynamic moves in the classroom interaction and to reveal how question and answer are realized. The data were gathered from the Efl classroom interaction which was recorded. The findings revealed that varieties of dynamic moves were found in the interaction. These findings are interesting to be discuss among efl teachers so that the English teachers are able to boost their instructional practices. Keywords: classroom interaction, communicative interaction, dynamic moves, , dynamic moves, question and answer realizatio

The Effectiveness of English Talking Book in Teaching Reading at the Eighth Grade of Junior High School

This research entitled“The Effectiveness of English Talking Book in Teaching Reading at The Eighth Grade of Junior High School”. The researcher aims to investigate whether the English Talking Book in Teaching Reading at the Eighth Grade of Junior High School effective in Reading Aloud.Theories used to support this research are from Patel and Jain (2008) about the audio visual media and reading aloud.Audiovisual media involves more than one sensory organs of the learner which improves retentiveness and makes learning permanent also seeing and hearing go together which play ordinary roles in learning. Meanwhile, reading aloud is very important for the teacher to carry out, to know, and to check the students' pronunciation, information, stress, paused, and rhythm and their ability in various short of punctuation marks.The research used experimental research of method, and took two classes consisting of 30 students each class as sample in SMP Al WashliyahSumber. The data for this experimental study were students' reading scores, and the reading scores were analyzed of using McMillan and Schumacher's formula. The research found that the reading scores of the experimental group is higher than the control group. The result of t account is 0.75, t table is 1,672 for α = 5%it means that t account is higher than t table (t account> t table). Therefore, the conclusion is English Talking Book in Teaching Reading at the Eighth Grade of Junior High School is effective in Reading Aloud.English Talking Book in teaching reading makes the students enthusiasm to learn the fairy tale text and help them produce correct intonation or tunes and notice how English is spoken differently from the way they are written and listen very well. It is suggested to use of English Talking Books in Teaching Reading as an alternative media in order to students' ability in Reading Aloud other genres of texts or to improve students' listening skill. Keywords :English Talking Book, Reading Aloud, Fairy Tale Tex

Teacher-centred and Teacher Controlled Learning: a Postmodernism Perspective

The role of teachers in learning is central. It greatly influences the success and the quality of learning process. Yet, it remains lack of evidences in some areas such as diminishing the learners' learning autonomy. Language learners are positioned lower than the teachers. In decentralized learning, teachers are facilitators. As the result of this point of views, the learners are less appreciated for their imperfect learning behaviours for some reasons regarding for their potentials. Thus, this article is to criticize and to elaborate the evidences of teacher-centred learning and teacher-controlled learning in postmodernism paradigm and the realities in Indonesian efl perspectives which emphasizes on the main actors in learning and the power of learning. Yet, there is no absolute truth in terms of power in learning. Keywords: autonomous learning, decentralization, teacher-centred, teacher-controlled learnin