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AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHER’S TALK AND STUDENTS’ TALK IN THE CLASSROOM INTERACTION OF THE EIGTH GRADE FEMALE STUDENTS AT SMPIT ULUL ALBAB TARAKAN Abstract This research aimed to analyze teacher’s talk and students’ talk in the classroom interactions of the eighth-grade female students at SMPIT Ulul Albab Tarakan. This research employed a qualitative approach with a case study method which was conducted from April to May 2022 in the eighth-grade female students of SMPIT Ulul Albab Tarakan. An English teacher and her students in the eighth-grade An-Nisa were determined purposively as the sample of the research. The instruments were an interview guide, observation sheet and documents. Based on the results of the FIAC (Flanders Interaction Analysis Category), the highest score between teacher’s talk and students’ talk was teacher’s talk, whih was 58.3%, while the students’ talk was 41.1%. The categories of talk found in An-Nisa were accept Feeling, Praise and Encourages, Accept or Uses Student Ideas, Ask Questions, Lecturing, Giving Direction, Student Response, Student Initiation and Silence. The most dominant category was Student Response.