Firdausi Wimad Saritwa, 0203516034 (2018) PERCEPTION AND PRACTICE OF STUDENTS’ PRESENTATION TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL. Masters thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Saritwa, Firdausi Wimad. 2018. Perception and Practice of Students’ Presentation to Enhance Students’Speaking Skill. A Thesis.English LanguageEducation.Pascasarjana.UniversitasNegeri Semarang. Advisor I: Sri Wuli Fitriati, S. Pd., M.Pd., Ph.D, Advisor II: Prof. Dr. Abdurrachman Faridi, M.Pd. Keywords: Perception, Classroom Practices, Students’ Presentation, Speaking Skill Students’ Presentation is one teaching technique that is often used in the teaching learning process at universities. It brings many benefits to students especially to improve their English speaking skill. However, the implementation of students’ presentation cannot be separated from the role of lecturers and students. Therefore, this study aims to explain the perception of English lecturers and students of UIN Walisongo Semarang towards students’ presentation in enhancing students’ speaking skill, explain the classroom practices of students’ presentation in learning English at UIN Walisongo Semarang, and explain the implementation of students’ presentation in helping students to enhance their speaking skill. This study is classroom discourse analysis which employs a descriptive qualitative approach. In order to collect the data, the researcher used personal interviews, classroom observations, and open questionnaire. There were four English lecturers, and seventy English language department students in five classes of UIN Walisongo Semarang as the participantsof this study. The data were analyzed by using Cohen, et al.’s steps (2007, p.470), those are transcribing, coding, analyzing, and interpreting the data. The findings of this study reveals that English lectures of UIN Walisongo Semarang have good perception towards the students’ presentation in enhancing the students’ speaking skill. The lecturers stated that they believed that through using students’ presentation as a technique in teaching and learning English in the classroom practices, students would be motivated and encouraged to enhance their speaking skill. However, English department students of UIN Walisongo Semarang had different perception towards students’ presentation in enhancing their speaking skill. 60%of students as the participants had a good perception towards students’ presentation. The students stated that students’ presentation brought some advantages which could help them to enhance their speaking skill, while 40% of students as participants were not sure that students’ presentation could help them in enhancing their speaking skill. Moreover, the role of lecturers and students were important in the implementation of students’ presentation in enhancing students’ speaking skill, the clear guideline and aim could help students to enhance their speaking skill. Hence, the implementation of students’ presentation contributes some benefits in helping students to enhance their speaking skill through some stages before, during, and after the presentation.

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