• Alimin Adi Waloyo

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• Fitri Mangadikon

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• Suparto

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Student misbehaviour is some acts violating the rules in class and disrupting the teaching and learning process. Therefore, it needs specific attention to eliminate them, so classroom activities can run smoothly. Some investigations about this topic were conducted locally and globally. However, it was scarcely any research on this topic in an Indonesian context, particularly in the EFL context. Also, based on the researchers' professional experiences, some students misbehaved in English class. So, the researchers conducted this research to identify types of student misbehaviour in English class. This study applied a qualitative research design with 40 EFL students as the subject. They are from the 8th semester of English education at a university in Indonesia. The questionnaire was an instrument to collect the data. The findings showed six types of student misbehaviour; sleeping in class, coming late, eating in class, not bringing pens or books, chatting with classmates, and doing private things. Although they were categorized as less serious misbehaviour, they need to obtain a specific treatment. To eliminate those problems, EFL teachers need to monitor/ supervise students seriously when in class, create some rules through classroom discussion and build intimate teacher-student relations.

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