MULTILINGUAL INTERACTION IN THE EFL CLASSROOM AT SMA NEGERI 4 TAKALAR

Abstract

This research was conducted to determine the multilingual interaction in the multilingual EFL classroom between students and teachers. This purpose of this study was to determine the multilingual interaction and the perception of EFL teachers on students' multilingual interactions in EFL. This research used a descriptive qualitative. The subjects were six students and one English teacher in setting SMAN 4 Takalar. Researchers used classroom observations and interviews as research instruments. This reveals and illustrates that multilingual interaction in students' EFL classes is very rarely used because in general students mostly use the Makassarese compared than combining Indonesian with English. That the interaction in classroom is, classified into categories, namely teacher-student interaction, teacher-student interaction (i) student-teacher interaction, and student-student interaction. Several student interviews also found that some students use social media as a method of mastering their language so that they are not rigid in terms of interaction even by using multiple languages at once. Meanwhile, the teacher's perception that stands out about the interactions carried out by students is the lack of vocabulary they use, so that the teacher can distinguish which students have high and weak levels of multilingual interactions in the classroom.