Verbal Interaction between Male and Female Teachers and Their Students in the English Classes

Abstract

Verbal interaction involves using words and voice to exchange information between two or more people. In a classroom context, the interaction will result in comprehensible input and feedback from teacher to students and vice versa because both of them will exchange of ideas, thoughts, and feel during teaching and learning process. The study was qualitative that focused on the verbal interaction between male and female teachers and their students in the English classes at SMAN in Solok. The data collection method is video recording. The finding of this article shows that the male and the female teachers spent more time on content cross and the percentage showed that the female teachers ask more questions and criticize students than the male teachers. Meanwhile, the male teachers were more likely to give directions and lecture than the female teachers. Furthermore, there was no significant difference between the male and the female teachers in praising students.