WAYS OF LEARNING SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN ENGLISH

Abstract

This research highlights teacher’s verbal and non-verbal communication and students’ motivation in EFL class. The objectives of this research were: (1) analyze the types of teacher’s verbal and non-verbal communication in EFL class (2) examine how verbal and non-verbal communication affects the students’ motivation. This research used descriptive-qualitative method. The subject of the research consisted of ninth grade at MTsN 6 Bulukumba. The data were collected by using observation checklist, and interview. The result of this research revealed that there were 13 types of verbal communication used by the teacher. It includes saying greetings when starting the lesson, praying before, and ending the lesson, taking the register, giving advice to motivate students to study, calling on students by name when talking to them, giving feedback to students, inserting humor in teaching, and using terms like “we” and “us” to refer to the class, combining Indonesian and English, asking question, giving appreciation to students, calling the students “nak” and using slideshow when teaching. Moreover, the teacher also performed 8 types of Nonverbal Communication. It includes being enthusiastic in teaching, using gestures while talking to the class, using vocal variety (non-monotone) when talking to the class, smiling at the class while talking, dressing neatly, having eye contact, walking from back to the front and side-to-side between rows when teaching (moving around the class when teaching), and looking the students while explaining. The result of the findings also showed that there were positive impacts felt from the teacher’s verbal and nonverbal communication on their motivation to learn English. The positive impacts include a feeling cared for, better understanding, sense of pleasure or comfort, enthusiasm in learning, feeling appreciated and valued, and a sense of respect.