Cerdas: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan Sosial dan Humaniora
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): JUNI 2025

An Analysis of Turn-Taking Strategies used in EFL Classroom Interaction at Universitas Muslim Maros

Haryanto Atmowardoyo (Universitas Negeri Makassar)
Nurul Ainul (Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Permata Ilmu Maros)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2025

Abstract

The main aims of this research are to identify turn-taking strategies in students' classroom interactions, to describe dominant strategies, and to describe the impact of turn-taking strategies. This research used a qualitative descriptive design. Students in English Department at Maros Muslim University were chosen as the research subjects. Data were collected through video recordings and structured interviews. The results of this research showed that: (1) Holding the turn is dominant strategies because, between lecturer and students in the classroom interaction more used Filled pauses and Verbal fillers. (2) There are three Turn Taking used by students at Universitas Muslim Maros are: they are taking the turn strategy, holding the turn, and yielding the turn. In other words, filled pauses, verbal fillers, lexical pauses, silent pauses. (3). The impacts of turn taking strategy are; To smooth communication, the use of Indonesian language, challenges, lecturer's explanation, lecturer and student’s interaction.

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cerdas

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Humanities Education Environmental Science Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Social Sciences Other

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Cerdas: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan Sosial dan Humaniora adalah jurnal nasional, akses terbuka, double-blind peer-review yang diterbitkan secara online 2 (dua) kali dalam setahun (Juni dan Desember). Berfokus pada kajian multidisiplin di bidang pendidikan, ilmu sosial, dan humaniora. Dikelola secara ...