Rendi Afriadi
Padang State University, Padang

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Exploring Language Repertoire in EFL Classroom Interaction Rendi Afriadi
Modality Journal: International Journal of Linguistics and Literature Vol 1, No 1 (2021): June 2021
Publisher : Rumah Jurnal IAIN Bukittinggi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (513.832 KB) | DOI: 10.30983/mj.v1i1.4727

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As EFL classroom interaction mostly occur in multilingual or at least bilingual settings, classroom participants has already had languages other than English as part of their language repertoire. They use these languages in their daily life, and oftentimes they are also brought to the classroom interaction. However, some suggests that the ideal EFL classroom is the one where the target language should be fully used. Thus, the practice of using students’ L1 should be discouraged, banned, or at least minimized. Meanwhile, the current trends have challengged this notion by asserting the fact monolingual classroom might be seem a bit unrealistic, especially for low level students, and students’ L1 can be utilized in the clasrrom to help them during the process. This study aims to explore how students’ language repertoire is exploited during the classroom interaction and what functions it serves in the process. To obtain the data on this talk, some EFL classroom meetings were recorded and transcribed. The transcribed data were then analyzed to classify the language repertoire used and to identify its function. The analysis reveals that the language repertoire used in the classroom interaction are varied encompassing the national language, local language, and target language, and each repertoire serves different purposes. Keywords: EFL, classroom interaction, language repertoire
Exploring Language Repertoire in EFL Classroom Interaction Rendi Afriadi
Modality Journal: International Journal of Linguistics and Literature Vol 1, No 1 (2021): June 2021
Publisher : Rumah Jurnal UIN Bukittinggi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (513.976 KB) | DOI: 10.30983/mj.v1i1.4727

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As EFL classroom interaction mostly occur in multilingual or at least bilingual settings, classroom participants has already had languages other than English as part of their language repertoire. They use these languages in their daily life, and oftentimes they are also brought to the classroom interaction. However, some suggests that the ideal EFL classroom is the one where the target language should be fully used. Thus, the practice of using students’ L1 should be discouraged, banned, or at least minimized. Meanwhile, the current trends have challengged this notion by asserting the fact monolingual classroom might be seem a bit unrealistic, especially for low level students, and students’ L1 can be utilized in the clasrrom to help them during the process. This study aims to explore how students’ language repertoire is exploited during the classroom interaction and what functions it serves in the process. To obtain the data on this talk, some EFL classroom meetings were recorded and transcribed. The transcribed data were then analyzed to classify the language repertoire used and to identify its function. The analysis reveals that the language repertoire used in the classroom interaction are varied encompassing the national language, local language, and target language, and each repertoire serves different purposes. Keywords: EFL, classroom interaction, language repertoire