Pattern of interaction in cambridge certified class of english program

Interaction is one of the ways people communicate with each other. In the education, Interaction acts as a link between the teacher and the students during the teaching and learning process. This qualitative study aimed to describe the activities and the pattern of interaction in the EFL classroom. This study observed the classroom and interviewed one English teacher about the pattern of interactions. The findings indicated that the teacher used three different patterns of interaction namely, the T-S pattern, the T-S-T pattern, and the T-S-S pattern. From the three patterns, the most dominant interaction pattern is the T-S-T pattern or two-way pattern, where the teacher speaks, and the students respond. This interaction pattern occurs repeatedly when the teacher poses questions, and the students respond to the questions. This finding highlight that the teacher still used a two-way pattern because it’s more effective due encourage students’ participation. Even though there are other patterns that the teacher can use to encourage them, the teacher finds a two-way pattern is a pattern that is suitable for use in this class.