"THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION IN TEACHING SPEAKING (A Case Study at the Tenth Grade Senior High School Students in Tasikmalaya)"

Abstract

This study aims to find out teacher’s ways in implementing Focus Group Discussion in teaching speaking and students’ perception on the use of Focus Group Discussion in learning speaking skill. The study uses qualitative methods with case study. The study used classroom observation, interview and questionnaire to answer the research question. The Instruments have been applied to the English teacher and twenty two students as the sample of this study. The results of this study proved that the teacher implemented Focus Group Discussion in teaching speaking. Meanwhile, the students perceived that the strategy was able to motivate the students to learn English especially in speaking English, decrease students’ difficulties in leaning speaking, and also increase students’ values in academic speaking skill. In addition, the students were also active in learning speaking skill through the use of Focus group discussion. On the other hand, the researcher provided recommendations to educational institutions, teachers, students and future researchers if they have the same topic.