Title:
CLASSROOM INTERACTION: A CASE STUDY IN INDONESIAN PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH TEACHERS' ONLINE WRITING COURSE

Authors:
Arik Kurniadi Harjanto, Dr. Sumardi, M.Hum. and Dr. Sri Marmanto, M.Hum

Abstract:
In higher education, the impact of online educational technology and the online classroom has had a variety of outcomes. This case study aimed to investigate the characteristics of interaction in an online writing course. It was conducted at one of the State Islamic Institutes in Indonesia. One lecturer and 48 pre-service English teachers participated in the study. In the writing course, the pre-service English teachers had to write narrative text, report text, and descriptive text; and the questions related to the material by using Chatbot application. Online observations done in Google Meet and interviews were utilized to gather the data. Content analysis was used to examine the data gathered. The results indicated that teacher-student (class), teacher-student(group), and student-student interactions were applied in the online class to improve the pre-service English teacher’s engagement and comprehension towards English writing skill. Besides, reward, break online room and peer review in online document were detected as effective ways in improving the classroom interaction effectiveness.

Keywords:
Classroom interaction, Group Discussion, Online writing class

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2022.5311