Environmental expression using discourse analysis

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the teacher's expression in the classroom environment. Regarding the issue, there is one main purpose of the study that is to investigate the language choice of the teacher in teaching English as a foreign language. The investigation is aimed to explore the field of language teaching specifically in terms of the language choice by the teacher in teaching English as Foreign Language (EFL) which can be improved. Classroom environmental investigation was conducted in this study since it enabled the researcher to record behavior as it is happening. The data then transcripted and coded to get the core. Based on the data in this study it can be concluded that essentially teacher had complied with the language choice changeably for the use of English as the target language and the use of Indonesia as the students' first language (L1). The teacher participant uses TL just for simple communication with the students in her classroom environment.