Exploration of Western Teacher’s Style in Teaching Speaking at State Senior High School 2 Rantepao in Toraja Utara- Indonesia

The objectives of this research are to describe the teaching styles that are used by Western English language teachers to teach speaking and to describe students’ perception toward these teaching styles. The researcher employed a qualitative description method for the study. Data qualitative refer to interview and observation data and descriptive refer to students survey. The data resources for the research were thirty students in the first year of secondary school, aged 16-17 years old, randomly chosen, and one Western English teacher from the Netherlands. Data were collected through observation, students’ surveys, and interviews. Results found five characteristics of a Western teaching style, each reflecting the role of the teacher as: (1) expert, (2) formal authority, (3) personal connection, (4) facilitator, and (5) delegator. data questioner refer to expert is 3.902% categorized moderate, formal authority is 4.594% categorized moderate, personal model is 4.289% categorized moderate, facilitator is 4.391% categorized Moderate and delegator is 4.355% categorized high. The average of the score is 4.306% categorized moderate level. Interviews indicate that the students have positive feelings toward the Western teaching styles used by this teacher in English speaking class.