LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching
Vol 23, No 2 (2020): October 2020

THE BENEFITS OF JOINING ENGLISH DEBATING SOCIETY (EDS) FOR STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILLS

Hetharie, Arline Thinesia (Unknown)
Listyani, Listyani (Unknown)
Setyarini, Maria Christina Eko (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Sep 2020

Abstract

This qualitative research study aims to analyze the benefits of joining debating club to enhance students speaking skill. The data were collected from semi-structured interviews to inquire students perceptions who performed the most outstanding progress after joining in debating club batch 2014 in UKSW. The research questions used on this study were what are the benefits of joining debating club on speaking skills and how could the debating club enhance the speaking skills. The findings show that there were five aspects of speaking skill and three others soft skill enhanced through debating method. Those skills are fluency, vocabulary, comprehension of the essence of debates, pronunciation, grammar, critical thinking, collaborative learning, and problem solving. The skills were improved though the drilling practices and materials on learning process. The significance of this study is to prove the significant improvement of using debating method to enhance students speaking skill.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

LLT

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, to be published twice a year, namely in April and October, is a scientific peer-reviewed journal published by the English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. The ...