Hubungan antara Level Komunitas English Speaking dan Penampilan Berbicara Mahasiswa di Kelas Public Speaking

The Correlation between English Speaking Community Level and Students' Speaking Performance in Public Speaking Class

Speaking adalah keterampilan penting yang dibutuhkan oleh pelajar bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing. Keterampilan speaking ini sudah diajarkan di Indonesia sejak lama. Akan tetapi, kebanyakan pelajar merasa kesulitan saat mempelajari speaking terutama pelajar di tingkat universitas karena mereka tidak percaya diri untuk berbicara di hadapan orang banyak. Universitas menyediakan mata kuliah Public Speaking untuk membantu mahasiswa menguasai keterampilan speaking mereka. Bahkan, untuk memfasilitasi mahasiswa untuk menguasai keterampilan speaking, beberapa universitas menyediakan komunitas speaking untuk membantu mereka berlatih keterampilan speaking mereka di luar kelas. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada hubungan antara level komunitas English speaking dan penampilan speaking mahasiswa di kelas Public Speaking. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode studi korelasional. Terdapat 27 mahasiswa Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris di semester dua yang berasal dari 5 kelompok ESC di Universitas Negeri Surabaya. Data diperoleh dari kuesioner, observasi, dan tes speaking, dan dianalisis menggunakan Pearson Product Moment di SPSS. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara level ESC mahasiswa dengan penampilansSpeaking mereka. Jadi, mahasiswa dapat meningkatkan penampilan speaking mereka dengan mengikuti komunitas Englis speaking yang ditawarkan oleh jurusan mereka.

Kata kunci: komunitas English Speaking, penampilan Speaking, kelas Public Speaking

Speaking is an essential skill that is needed by EFL learners. It has been taught in Indonesia for a long time as a foreign language. However, most students get difficulties in learning especially students at university level because they are not confident to speak in front of people. They need to practice more not only inside but also outside the class. University offers Public Speaking course to help students achieve their speaking skill. Moreover, to facilitate students in achieving their speaking skill, some universities offer a speaking community to help students practice speaking outside the class. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the correlation between English Speaking Community level offered by the university and students’ speaking performance in Public Speaking class. The design of this study was correlational study. There were 27 English Education students on the second semester from 5 groups of ESC in State University of Surabaya as the participants of this study.  The data were obtained through the questionnaire, observation, questionnaire, and the speaking test and were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment in SPSS. The result showed that there was correlation between English Speaking Community level and students’ speaking performance. Thus, students’ could improve their speaking performance by joining ESC offered by the department.

Keywords: English Speaking Community, Speaking Performance, Public Speaking Class