Investigating Asymmetry in Communication (A Study at the Department of English Language Education UIN Ar-Raniry)

This research is entitled Investigating Asymmetry in Communication; a study at the department of English language education UIN Ar-Raniry. The aims of this research are to identify the aspects that trigger asymmetry in communication and to find out the way students handle asymmetry in classroom communication. In this research, the researcher uses qualitative research as the method and the data was collected by semi-structured interview and classroom observation. The samples of this research were five fifth semester students of Department of English Language Education or the student in academic year 2016 in UIN Ar-Raniry that was chosen by purposive sampling. The result of this research showed that it is difficult to get balance communication in classroom because the asymmetry still happened in students’ classroom communication. There were three aspects that cause asymmetry in communication, namely; anxiety, noise, and communication style.