1. Social interactions in EFL Classroom
A research By Yanti Wirza
Presented by safiatur rokhmah

2. Outline Social interaction? Literatures Methodology Result Findings
Introduction
Objective
Who, where, when
Respondence
Body
Social interaction?
Literatures
Methodology
Result Findings
Conclusion

3. Research Objective
This study is aimed to portrait the social interaction in three high schools which were purposely selected from the categories of good/favourite, middle/average, and low. The social interaction that naturally occurred in those classes under investigation is analyzed from the view point of vygotskian theory of “Social Constructivism”.
This study is conducted by Yanti Wirza in 3 senior high schools in Bandung in

4. Respondence 2nd Year Students SMU 3 “Good” Language Lab
Audio Visual Room
50 Student
IKIP Jakarta
25 years exp
SMU 6
Middle
40 Student
IKIP Bandung
20 Year exp
SMU 15
Low
35 Student
18 Years experience

5. Social interaction

6. Underlying Theories Brown (1994)
“Interaction as collaborative exchange of thoughts, feelings, and ideas between two or more people resulting in a reciprocal effect on each other”
Rivers (1987)
“ Social Interaction can never be one way; the students need to exercise how to take initiative and participate imaginatively in task oriented, purposeful learning or cooperative learning”
Moll (1990)
“social interaction rooted from Lev Vygotsky’s Social Constructivism theory which is claimed that knowledge is constructed through social interaction in social meaningful activities”

7. Methodology Multiple Study (miles and Huberman 1984 in Maxwell, 1996)
3 Classes of 3 Schools
Conducted for 10 weeks with
Field notes
Questionnaires
Interview
Good
Average
Low

8. Result (1/3) A. Teacher’s Role SMU 3 SMU 6 SMU 15
not take the challenge
take for granted of students ability
SMU 6
Communicative
Accomodative
Friendly personality
SMU 15
Applied “point System”
Immediate reward
Repeat answers

9. Result (2/2) B. The pattern of the social interaction
The Classroom under investigation in SMU 15 had livelier and more active interaction

10. Result (3/3) C. Students Learning Engagement
Each Classrooms develop its own culture that is shaped by the characteristics of its members, the teacher, the atmosphere, situation.
SMU 3
Solid Knowledge of English
Less assistance
SMU 6 and 15
Similar knowledge
Lower achiever
Need assistance

11. Conclusion
“ Knowledge is constructed through social interaction in social meaningful activities”