Presentation-discussion Technique to Improve Vocational School Students’ Japanese Speaking Skill

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10.2991/icollite-18.2019.40How to use a DOI?

Keywords

speaking; presentation-discussion technique; beginner Japanese students

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the use of presentation-discussion technique to improve the speaking skills of beginning students of Japanese language class. Discussion is a two-way communication between two persons or more to exchange ideas, speaking one’s mind to solve problems and making decisions. While presentation is one of the speaking activities that takes place in front of many people by giving information about particular topics to improve communication skills. Learning materials used in this study are Japanese for finance. Method used in this study is experiment methods. The sample is twenty people of XI grade Vocational School students majoring in accounting in Bandung Timur. Study instrument used is oral test. Based on study results, pretest average gain before using presentation discussion method is very low. Posttest average gain increased after using presentation-discussion technique. The result also shows that learning to speak Japanese for Vocational School students using presentation discussion technique is effective.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Nurqori Fitriani
AU  - Herniwati Herniwati
AU  - Setiawan Setiawan
PY  - 2019/03
DA  - 2019/03
TI  - Presentation-discussion Technique to Improve Vocational School Students’ Japanese Speaking Skill
BT  - Proceedings of the Second Conference on Language, Literature, Education, and Culture (ICOLLITE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 185
EP  - 189
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icollite-18.2019.40
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