THE USE OF SCAFFOLDING BY ENGLISH TEACHERS AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN WEST SUMATERA

Abstract

This study was aimed at investigating how the English teacher used scaffolding in their daily classroom routines and whether they used the scaffolding differently. The data were collected from 20Senior High School English teachers in West Sumatera by recording their full teaching sessions. The records were transcribed orthographically from which the scaffolding strategies were identified. The findings revealed that the English teachers used 10 types of scaffoldings in their teaching with different varieties in the proportions. The experience interms of length of service did not contribute to the scaffolding choices. The experienced male teachers tended to use traditional scaffolding strategies markedly higher than novice male English teachers. The difference of the use of scaffolding strategies by the experienced female English teachers and novice was not marked, with the tendency for novice female teacher used higher propostion in traditional scaffolding. Thus, it is safe to draw a conclusion that the level of experience does not contribute to their scaffolding choices.