Monday, February 8, 2016

Mengajar Siswa, Mudahkah? Part II (Classroom Discourse Analysis)

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Tulisan dalam Part II ini akan menyajikan analisis berdasarkan data di part I yang terdiri atas analisis interaksi guru dan siswa, pergeseran peran dalam negosiasi pengetahuan, karakteristik bahasa guru, dan karakteristik bahasa murid. Kata siapa analisis bahasa itu gampang? ada matematikanya juga loh hehe



1. Teacher-students Interaction
Interactional pattern in Junior high school EFL classroom. the data are obtained from the video of micro teaching at one Junior High School in Semarang . The class consists of six students. The video was transcribed with the help of field notes.

Results
Exchange pattern
Distribution of non-anomalous Exchange in the video of micro teaching
Exchange categories
Sub-cycle 1
Sub-cycle 2
Rehearsal
Total

F
%
F
%
F
%
F
%
Non-anomalous


K-Oriented
13
11.01695
25
21.18644
18
15.25424
56
47.45763
A-Oriented
15
12.71186
16
13.55932
17
14.40678
48
40.67797
Sub total
28
23.72881
41
34.74576
35
29.66102
104
88.13559
Anomalous


K-Oriented
2
1.694915
8
6.779661
4
3.389831
14
11.86441
A-Oriented
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
0
0
Sub total
2
1.694915
8
6.779661
4
3.389831
14
11.86441
total
30
25.42373
49
41.52542
39
33.05085
118
100

Across the three curriculum part, 111 exchanges have been identified. Of these 118 exchange, 56 (47.5%) were non-anomalous knowledge-oriented exchanges, 48 (40,6%) were Anomalous knowledge-oriented exchanges and 14 (11%) were anomalous knowledge-oriented.

Non-anomalous exchanges
Non-anomalous structures have been found in both knowledge-oriented and action-oriented exchanges. The two categories of two categories of exchange will be presented below
1.      Knowledge-oriented exchange
Distribution of non-anomalous Exchange in the video of micro teaching
Exchange categories
Sub-cycle 1
Sub-cycle 2
Rehearsal
Total
F
%
F
%
F
%
F
%
K-1Initiated
Simple
3
2.542373
8
6.779661
9
7.627119
20
16.94915
Complex
2
1.694915
7
5.932203
1
0.847458
10
8.474576
Sub-total
5
4.237288
15
12.71186
10
8.474576
30
25.42373


DK1-initiated
Simple
1
0.847458
5
4.237288
4
3.389831
10
8.474576
Complex
1
0.847458
1
0.847458
2
1.694915
4
3.389831
Sub-total
2
1.694915
6
5.084746
6
5.084746
14
11.86441

K2-initiated
Simple
2
1.694915
5
4.237288
1
0.847458
8
6.779661
Complex
1
0.847458
2
1.694915
1
0.847458
4
3.389831
Sub-total
3
2.542373
7
5.932203
2
1.694915
12
10.16949
total
10
8.474576
28
23.72881
18
15.25424
56
47.45763

The distribution of Knowledge-oriented exchange structure in each cycle. It can be seen that within each sub-cycle, the knowledge oriented exchanges have been distributed in two different patterns. The first is the pattern of sub-cycle 1, whose frequently patterns are as follows:
K1 = 5 (4%) > K2 3 (2.5%) > DK1 = 2 (1,6%)
The pattern of sub-cycle 2
K1 = 15 (12%) > K2 = 7 (6%) > DK1 = 6 (5%)

The pattern of Rehearsal
K1 = 10 (8%) > DK1 = 6 (5%) > K2 = 2 (1.5%)
The distribution of Knowledge-oriented exchanges across the sub-cycle:
 
 
1.      Action-oriented exchanges
Distribution of a-initiated Exchange in the video of micro teaching
Exchange categories






Total
F
%
F
%
F
%
F
%
A1-Initiated
Simple
2
1.694915
1
0.847458
2
1.694915
5
4.237288
Complex
0
0
0
0
2
1.694915
2
1.694915
Sub-total
2
1.694915
1
0.847458
4
3.389831
7
5.932203

A2-initiated
Simple
7
5.932203
13
11.01695
12
10.16949
32
27.11864
Complex
1
0.847458
5
4.237288
3
2.542373
9
7.627119
Sub-total
8
6.779661
18
15.25424
15
12.71186
41
34.74576
total
10
8.474576
19
16.10169
19
16.10169
48
40.67797


2.      Anomalous Exchanges
In anomalous Exchanges, the patterns are depicted in the following table
Exchange categories






Total
F
%
F
%
F
%
F
%
Elliptical
0
0
2
1.694915
3
2.542373
5
4.237288
Defective
0
0
5
4.237288
1
0.847458
6
5.084746
Broken
3
2.542373
7
5.932203
4
3.389831
14
11.86441
Total
3
2.542373
14
11.86441
8
6.779661
25
21.18644


2. Shift of Roles in Knowledge Negotiation.
 
The interchange of the roles accomplished by teacher and students may influence teachers’ choice of the types of events for instance, A event and B event in negotiating the information necessary to accomplish the lesson. It is revealed that based on the video we have analyzed, there are 118 exchanges and these exchanges comprise 46 dynamic moves. In line with the occurrence of the dynamic moves, the moves happen when there are some problems in negotiating the information such as getting no response, irrelevant response, and so on.
Regarding this, here are 5 figure that have been presented in this essay. These figure have been made based on the data obtained from the video we have watched.
Results:

No
Teaching stages
Exchange
Dominant interactant
1
Show a video about daily activity
1-9
Teacher
2
Checking students understanding
10-21
Teacher
3
Talking about students’ daily activity
22-58
Teacher
4
Speaking the words that related to daily activity aloud
30-60
Teacher

Figure 1 teaching stages and dominant interactants in sub-cycle 1

No
Teaching stages
Exchange
Dominant interactant
1
Arranging students’ seats and distribute the picture card
59-61
Teacher
2
Teacher eliciting students’ knowledge about elements of simple present tense
27-29
Teacher
3
Teacher asking the student to act based on the picture about daily activity and asking words that usually use in daily activity
62-77
Teacher

Figure 2 Teaching stages and dominant interactants in sub-cycle 2
No
Teaching stages
Exchange
Dominant interactant
1
Checking students understanding of the lesson
89-92
Teacher
2
Students’ informing about what they do in daily activity
21-24
Teacher

Figure 3 Teaching stages and dominant interactants in rehearsal sub-cycle

Exchange Categories
                                                           Teaching cycle                                          Total
   Sub cycle 1          sub cycle 2            rehearsal

F
%
F
%
F
%
F
%
a1-Initiated
Simple
2
1.6
1
0.8
2
1.6
5
4.2
Complex
0
0
0
0
2
1.6
2
1.6
Sub-total
2
1.6
1
0.8
4
3.3
7
5.9

a2-initiated
Simple
7
5.9
13
11
12
10.1
32
27.1
Complex
1
0.8
5
4.2
3
2.5
9
7.6
Sub-total
8
6.7
18
15.2
15
12.7
41
34.7
Total
10
8.4
19
16.1
19
16.1
48
40.6

Figure 4 Distribution of Action-oriented exchanges
in relation to the shifts of roles of serving the primary
 knower between the teacher and the students



Exchange Categories
                                                            Teaching cycle                                            Total
                                           Sub cycle 1          sub cycle 2              rehearsal
                                    F          %              F              %              F           %            F             %
Elliptical
0
0
2
1.6
3
2.5
5
4.2
Defective
0
0
5
4.2
1
0.8
6
5
Broken
3
2.5
7
5.9
4
3.3
14
11.8
Total
3
2.5
14
11.8
8
6.7
25
21.1

Figure 5 Distribution of Anomalous exchanges
in relation to the shifts of roles of serving the primary
 knower between the teacher and the students



 3. Teacher's Language Characteristics
Before analysing teacher’s language characteristics, One thing that analysist should bear in mind is related to the pattern of dynamic moves, namely “the less specific and less assisted the language use, the more frequent the occurrence of the dynamic moves” (Suherdi, 2009). It is revealed that based on the video we have analysed, there are 111 exchanges and these exchanges comprise 46 dynamic moves. In line with the occurrence of the dynamic moves, the moves happen when there are some problems in negotiating the information such as getting no response, irrelevant response, and so on. At that time, teachers attempt to sustain the process of negotiating information by using repetition, rephrases, giving clue, check, confirmation, and clarification.
Regarding this, here are 4 tables and 1 figure that have been presented in this essay. These tables and figure have been made based on the data obtained from the video we have watched. The data being presented actually are in favour of the pattern of dynamic moves that has been mentioned above, “the less specific and less assisted the language use, the more frequent the occurrence of the dynamic moves”. In other words, when language use is less specific and assisted, then the number of dynamic moves is higher.


Dynamic Moves           (S*. A*)  +      VS       (S***, A***) +
                                    (S**, A**)                   (S****, A****)

                                                       F      %      F     %               F       %      F     %

No Response
14
30
11
24
7
15.2
3
6.5
Irrelevant Response
1
2.1
4
8.7
0
0
0
0
Sub-total
15
32.1
15
32.7
7
15.2
3
6.5
Repetitions
0
0
10
21.7
2
4.3
1
2.1
Rephrase
1
2.1
4
8.7
1
2.1
0
0
Backchannel
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sub-total
11
2.1
14
30.4

3
6.4
1
2.1
Total
26
34.2
29
63.1

10
31.6
4
8.6





                                        



Confirmation
3
6.5
1
2.1
2
4.3
1
2.1
Clarification
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sub-total
3
6.5
1
2.1
2
4.3
1
2.1
Correction
0
0
7
15.2
1
2.1
0
0
Check
0
0
14
30.4
2
4.3
0
0
Sub-total
0
0
21
45.6

3
6.5
0
0
Total
3
6.5
22
47.7

5
10.8
1
2.1
                  







Table 7.1  Distribution of Dynamic Move Percentage in Each of the Different Bands of Variability of Language Use in Junior High School of IT Insan Cendikia









 

                    Sc- 3:                                                                   Sc- R:
        S***    78-111                                                                78-111



                       
          S**       Sc- 2:                           Sc- R:
                        27-77                           59-77
                        Sc- R:
                        27-59


                         Sc- 1:
                         1-26
             S*     Sc-R: 6-12
      
                               A*                               A**                           A***                             A****

FIGURE 7.2  Distribution of Exchange Structure across the Different Bands of the Variability of Language Use in Junior High School of IT Insan Cendikia

For clarity purpose, Sub-cycle 1 (Sc- 1) involves showing a video about daily activity, checking students’ understanding, talking about students’ daily activities, and speaking aloud the words that are related to daily activities. In addition, Sc- 2 includes arranging students’ seats and distributing the picture card, eliciting students’ knowledge about elements of simple present tense, and asking one student to act accordingly based on the picture card being given by the teacher. Furthermore, Sc- 3 entais talking about daily activities (some common expressions), checking students’ understanding of the lesson, telling the students about whay they do in daily activities.
Moreover, the vertical axis represents the specificity of the information gained from learning activity and the horizontal axis shows the level of assistance in which teachers help students to succeed academically.

Dynamic Moves                                               (S*, A*)  +      VS       (S***, A***) +
                                                                             (S**, A**)                               (S****, A****)
                                                                       
                                    F          %        F         %               F        %       F       %
No Response
14
30
11
24
7
15.2
3
6.5
Irrelevant response
1
2.1
4
8.7
0
0
0
0
Sub-total
15
32.1
15
32.7
7
15.2
3
6.5
Repetitions
0
0
10
21.7
2
4.3
1
2.1
Rephrase
1
2.1
4
8.7
1
2.1
0
0
Backchannel
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sub-total
11
2.1
14
30.4

3
6.4
1
2.1
Total
26
34.2
29
63.1

10
31.6
4
8.6

                       
Table 7.2  Distribution of Pre-Extended Move Percentage in Each of the Different Bands of Variability of Language Use in Junior High School of IT Insan Cendekia


Dynamic Moves           (S*, A*)  +      VS       (S***, A***) +
                                                                             (S**, A**)                   (S****, A****)

                                    F         %      F       %               F       %     F    %        
Confirmation
3
6.5
1
2.1
2
4.3
1
2.1
Clarification
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sub-total
3
6.5
1
2.1

2
4.3
1
2.1
Total
3
6.5
1
2.1

2
4.3
1
2.1





Table 7.3 Distribution of Post – Extended Move Percentage in Each of the Different Bands of Variability of Language Use in Junior High School of IT Insan Cendekia

                        Dynamic Moves            (S*, A*)  +      VS       (S***, A***) +
                                                                        (S**, A**)                   (S****, A****)

                                     F     %      F       %                F       %      F      %       
Correction
0
0
7
15.2
1
2.1
0
0
Check
0
0
14
30.4
2
4.3
0
0
Sub-total
0
0
21
45.6

3
6.5
0
0
Total
0
0
21
45.6

3
6.5
0
0






Table 7.4 Distribution of Specific Classroom type Dynamic Move Percentage in Each of the Different Bands of Variability of Language Use in Junior High School of IT Insan Cendekia


                                    Dynamic Moves           (S*, A*)  +      VS       (S***, A***) +
                                                                             (S**, A**)                   (S****, A****)

                                            F     %   F     %             F     %     F   %  
Correction
0
0
7
15.2
1
2.1
0
0
Sub-total
0
0
7
15.2

1
2.1
0
0
Total
0
0
7
15.2

1
2.1
0
0




Table 7.5 Distribution of Challenge Across the Bands of the Variability of Language Use

4. Student's Language Characteristics







Learner Language Analysis
1.       Framework Theory
From Chapter eight, it is the students’ language that is taken as the focus. It is evident in the sample that the use of systemic functional approach to students’ language analysis allows for detailed investigation of students’ interlanguage. Students’ language development which is right at the heart of language teacher’s attention is revealed. Besides input, successful language learning requires students to produce ample output (Swain, 1985) for the teachers to see if they have already achieved the communicative competence in an acceptable competence.
One of the most valuable contributions of linguistic studies to educational practices is learner language analysis (hence L2A). L2A is of great value in helping educators reveal the meaning hidden behind every educational practice. Through L2A, an educator can easily see if a teaching learning process gives reasonable room for the students to contribute to the negotiation of meaning in that process, or if students contribute significantly in terms of their language quality, and if the students get high quality cognitive, affective, or psychomotor stuff during their learning. In other words, L2A may provide a microscopic map of students’ engagement, teachers’ support, and the interaction among the teaching-learning components.
Learner language has been revolving since 1970s in the realm of second language acquisition (SLA) theory under the umbrella of interlanguage, a concept that has well sustained SLA theory development (Selinker, 1972). This concept mention that, learner language display systematicity and opportunity for intelligent intervention rather than random error. Studies on L2A tended to have dealt with discrete linguistic components such as word pronounciation, morphological or syntactic components, and very few with discourse level components.
There are three layers analysis of students’ spoken discourse in an easily-identifiable way.
1.      Identifying the roles the students’ language plays in classroom discourse, expecially in each exchange.
2.      Analyzing the content or the message of students’ language.
3.      Analyzing students’ language in representation or the text of the language they use.

In identifying the roles of the students’ language plays in the exchange structure or in classroom discourse, there are five steps to be considered:
1).  An analyst should see whether the student is receiving or producing messages.
            In this stage, when students are listening to teacher’s explanation or being asked questions, they are in the position of receiving messages while, as they are telling or answering regarding the questions, they are in the position of producing messages.
See to the corpus below.
223
Exchange 59
DK1

T
Now the next activity will do a game. Are you happy with a game? You like game?
224
K2

S
Yes
225
Exchange 60
DK1
1
+2
T
I have some picture cards. Have you played a card?
Pernahkah kalian bermain kartu? Have you played card?
226
K2

S
Yes
227
Exchange 61
DK1
1
+2
T
What did you have played the card?
Poker maybe
228
K2

S
Remi
229
K1









1
+1
+2

+3
X4
check
T
Remi, ya okay.
I have some cards. This.
The card is picture cards.
Eeerr you have to do this game I choose one person to come forward, and then I show.
I’ll show this card to the person and she or he will act same like this card. Okay?
Do you understand?
229

Rcheck
S
No

In this exchange, it shows that there are responses from students for the teacher’s questions. In this case, the responses are indicating that the students are receiving messages conveyed by their teacher as in the move 224, 226, and so on. In relation with the understanding of the messages delivered, there are some responses from the students as the result of producing messages as in move 228. .
2). If the students are in receiving position, identifying whether they are reacting to the messages they receive. If the students in producing position, the analyst should identify whether they are expressing or articulating their ideas or only repeating what the teacher is saying.
            From the corpus above, it can be seen that in the move 228 there is an expression when the teacher is asking a question about the card. Then it is replied by a student who says ‘remi’. For this position, the student has expressed or articulated his notion. In this stage, in identifying the roles of the students’ language plays in the exchange structure, the repetition is approximately 23.8 percent in the dynamic movements for the one hour class. It is when the teacher asks students to repeat the words she pronounces. For clarity purposes, see the slot 39, 40, 41.

154
Exchange 38
A2

T
Once more. Once again, ok? Play
155
A1:V

S
Play
155
Exchange 39
A2

T
Brush
156
A1:V

S
Brush
157
Exchange 40
A2

T
Shower
158
A1:V

S
Shower
159
Exchange 41
A2

T
Take a bath
160
A1:V

S
Take a bath
3). In the receiving position, an analyst should identify whether the students are reacting verbally or non-verbally. This is because both choices are frequently evident in classroom discourse.  In producing messages, a speaker has two choices: responding to or initiating an expression or even a conversation.
            In the corpus as presented on the front of the paper, it is obvious that the verbal reactions takes place the most. It happens when the teacher asks students to respond directly towards the teacher’s instruction. In that context, the teacher is trying to boost appropriate pronunciation of some words regarding the materials. It is intended to train and check whether the students are able to pronounce the words correctly. While it will be the best choice when the teacher asks a student to act that display a daily activity (acting for being guessed) for a students in response of non-verbal reaction. Departing from the notion upheld by Kraschen (1981), the time when the teacher asks some question and it remains no response (Ro), it is considered the non-verbal reaction. It is found in the corpus that there are some Ro in moves. For instance, it places in slots 3 and slot 27.
4). The analyst should see the forms of the reactions. Verbal reaction can be manifested in two forms: it can be answer or a challenge. Challenge is also possible in classroom discourse, particularly in relation to unappropriate initation. Non-verbal reaction also has two possible forms: indicating refusal and doing something. In the data, the verbal reaction is manifested in the forms of both answer and challenge. The form of answer can be found in most slots of the corpus. It represents about 84% of the verbal reactions in in form of the answer of the students towards the teacher’s questions. While the challenge is found on the exchange 27, move 108.

108
Exc. 27
K2
S
Apa itu tenses?
This verbal reaction rises when it comes to the teacher question on the prior move, tensis apa yang digunakan dalam video tersebut? It becomes the student’s confusion, and directly shows his verbal reaction in the form of challenge with the high expectation that the teacher will explain in further about the material discussed or being asked.
5). The analyst should identify whether the questions are relevant or not; while in initiating statements, whether they are satisfying or not. In the case that the reaction is an answer, there are two possibilities as well: it may be satisfying or non-satisfying. In case of non-satisying answer, there are two possible steps taken by teacher: asking for cofirmation or clarification. It is found in the move 42 the irrelevant answer when the teacher asks for name. The teacher then does a repetition for the questions in hope of the relevant answer will arise. In the classroom discourse, it is not rare found some jokes made by the students that lead to the irrelevant answer. It is estimated the repetition from the corpus is as many as 2.1 %.
Analyzing the content or messages of students’ language in the exchange structure has concerned to whether the message is in the forms of simple proportions or complex ones. It is also important to get the elaborate picture of the way the messages are organized and put into the structure of the interactional exchanges. In term of rhetoric feature, it must be identified whether the message is put in a straightforward form or take any metaphorical devices. Straightforward message is to be considered unmarked, while metaphorical one is to be taken as marked message. Unmarked messages are normally conveyed to state general ideas in a neutral ways. Marked message are frequently utilized to mean something ‘special’ in many senses. In the corpus it is not found any metaphorical or rhetoric expressions. She uses the straightforward language without remaining any kinds of something special that leads many kinds of interpretations among students. The teacher goes with her language as the way she is. 
In analyzing the representation of students’ language, there are some rules. First, it should be analyzed whether the text production is driven by outside stimuli such as teacher’s prompts or questions, or voluntary produced by the students.  As the data portrayed, there is no evidence that the learner initiates the exchange. It always begins with the teacher’s initiation for some contribution for the exchanges. Second is to identify if the expression used by the students are well-formed or, otherwise, ill-formed. Since the students tend to answer the questions from the teacher merely without any further talk, there is just little kind of ill-formed sentences made by the students. It is seemly because the students seem lack of vocabulary mastery. For instance, in the move 264 when a student utters “sweep the lantai…” is then directly corrected by the teacher.

Demikianlah sekilas analisis amatir dari kami. Intinya dalam pembahasan diatas setiap elemen memiliki perannya masing-masing. pelajaran ini juga sangat berguna untuk memahami kita sebagai guru yang memiliki pengetahuan lebih awal juga siswa sebagai objek pembelajarannya. Jadi dalam mengajar juga tidak hanya sekedar transfer ilmu yang dilakukan oleh guru terhadap siswa, namun seorang pengajar juga harus memahami interaksi yang sedang berlangsung, pergeseran peran dan negosiasi pengetahuan, karakteristik bahasa seorang guru, serta karakteristik bahasa siswanya. Dan yang terpenting juga, guru dapat memahami cultural background setiap peserta didiknya. Selamat mengajar! :)



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