This research is try to describe the interaction between teacher and
studens in the process of English teaching-learning at Eight grade of MTS
N 1 Banjarnegara. The data for the study are collected through observation,
and document analysis. The data are analyzed focusing on: (1) the
categories of talk, (2) the category that is used to promote interaction, and
(3) the language that is mostly used during interaction. The observation
sheet is arranged based on the categoies of FLINT (Foreign Language
Interaction Analysis). The result of this research shows that the teacher’s
talk achieve 45.6% in VIII A and 51.9% in VIII F. While the student’s talk
achieve 32.2% in VIII Aand 29.5% in VIII F. Meanwhile the percentage of
teacher-students talk is 20.1% in VIII A and 18.5% in VIII F. The category
that is mostly used during interaction is students initiated response. During
the interaction, the language that is mostly used is Indonesian.