PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN BIMBINGAN KELOMPOK MODEL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN PUBLIC SPEAKING PESERTA DIDIK SMK

THE EFFECT OF USING EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING MODEL GROUP GUIDANCE  TO INCREASE VOCATIONAL STUDENTS' PUBLIC SPEAKING ABILITIES

Kemampuan public speaking peserta didik adalah kemampuan untuk berbicara di depan orang lain yang bertujuan untuk menyampaikan informasi, menginspirasi, memotivasi, mempengaruhi, atau menghibur audiens. Kemampuan public speaking merupakan salah satu kecakapan hidup abad ke-21 yang penting dikuasai oleh peserta didik. Bimbingan kelompok model experiential learning merupakan model dalam bimbingan kelompok yang menggunakan experiential learning  untuk membantu anggota kelompok mendapatkan wawasan, pengetahuan dan keterampilan melalui pengalaman langsung. Model experiential learning dipilih karena pendekatan ini menitikberatkan pada pengalaman langsung dan refleksi sebagai sarana pembelajaran yang lebih bermakna dan aplikatif. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui pengaruh penggunaan bimbingan kelompok model experiential learning untuk meningkatkan kemampuan public speaking peserta didik SMK. Penelitian ini menggunakan pre-experiment one group pretest-posttest design. Penelitian dilakukan di SMK Sunan Giri Menganti Gresik dengan subjek penelitian sebanyak 10 peserta didik. Instrumen pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah angket kemampuan public speaking. Berdasarkan uji paired sample t-test didapatkan nilai Sig.(2-tailed) sebesar 0.000 atau lebih kecil dari 0.05, yang berarti terdapat perbedaan kemampuan public speaking peserta didik SMK antara sebelum dan sesudah diberikan bimbingan kelompok model experiential learning. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa bimbingan kelompok model experiential learning dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan public speaking peserta didik SMK.

Kata Kunci: bimbingan kelompok, experiential learning, public speaking, peserta didik SMK

Public speaking ability of students is the ability to speak in front of others with the aim of conveying information, inspiring, motivating, influencing, or entertaining the audience. Public speaking ability is one of the 21st century life skills that is important to be mastered by students. Group guidance with an experiential learning model is a model in group guidance that uses experiential learning to help group members gain insight, knowledge and skills through direct experience. The experiential learning model was chosen because this approach emphasizes direct experience and reflection as a means of learning that is more meaningful and applicable. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of using group guidance with an experiential learning model to improve the public speaking ability of vocational high school students. This study used a pre-experiment one group pretest-posttest design. The study was conducted at SMK Sunan Giri Menganti Gresik with 10 research subjects. The data collection instrument used was a public speaking ability questionnaire. Based on the paired sample t-test, the Sig.(2-tailed) value was obtained at 0.000 or less than 0.05, which means that there is a difference in the public speaking ability of vocational high school students before and after being given experiential learning model group guidance. So it can be concluded that experiential learning model group guidance can be used to improve the public speaking ability of vocational high school students.

Keywords: group guidance, experiential learning, public speaking, vocational school students