RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHOICE OF LEARNING STYLE AND THE SPEAKING ABILITY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP NEGERI 2 SAWAN
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https://doi.org/10.23887/jpbi.v4i2.9529Abstract
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi (1) gaya belajar yang paling sering di pilih oleh siswa dan (2) hubungan antara pilihan gaya belajar dengan kemampuan berbicara siswa. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif. Yang dimana data itu dipersentasikan secara deskriptif. Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan tiga instrument yaitu kuisioner, pedoman wawancara, dan nilai berbicara. Sample yang digunakan adalah 30 siswa yang diacak memilih di setiap kelas delapan di SMP Negeri 2 Sawan. Kuisioner gaya belajar di ambil dari seorang ahli Reid (1984) yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data gaya belajar siswa. Hasil menunjukan bahwa siswa lebih suka menggunakan gaya belajar visual dari pada gaya belajar yang lainnya karena mereka piker dengan menggunkan gambar dalam pemikiran mereka dan lebih mengerti beleajr dengan menggunakan visual display seperti, diagram buku, dan video. Hubungan antara pilihan gaya belajar dan kemampuan berbicara siswa menunjukan bahwa ada hubungan antara satu sama lain. Itu dapat dilihat dari hasil gaya belajar dan nilai berbicara siswa adalah ‘baik’ dan ‘sangat baik’.Kata Kunci : gaya belajar, kemampuan berbicara siswa
This study aimed to investigate and (1) the most preference learning style which used by the students in eighth grade and (2) relationship between the choice of students’ learning style and students’ speaking ability. The design of this study was descriptive study. In which the data are presented descriptively. The data were collected by using three instruments, namely questionnaire, interview guide, and speaking score. Sample was 30 students randomly selected from the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 2 Sawan. The Learning style questionnaire adapted from Reid (1984) was used to collect the data of the students’ learning style. The result showed that students preferred to used visual learning style rather than the other learning style because they think by using pictures in their brains and learn faster by using visual displays, such as diagrams, books, and videos. Relationship between the choice of learning style and students speaking score showed that there was relationship between each other. It can be seen from the score of students’ learning style and the students’ speaking score were ‘good’ and ‘very good’.
keyword : Learning Style, Students’ Speaking Ability
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2017-02-27
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