VOICE CHAT TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ SKILLS IN ONLINE DEBATE AND DISCUSSION

Abstract

Abstract: The researcher conducted this research to the fourth semester students of English Study Program at FKIP Tanjungpura University Pontianak. The research purposes were to find out how the students perform their matter and manner in the online discussion forum and how the process of students perform their argumentations from the first to the last by using voice chat. This research was pre-experimental study. Using purposive random sampling technique and 22 students of fourth semester English Study Program were taken as the sample. Students’ voice recorder and transcript were the tool of data collection. The average score of the first performance was 61,68 and the last performance was 70,63. As the result, the alternative hypothesis was accepted and the Null Hypothesis was rejected. It means that the use of voice chat to develop students’ skills in online debate and discussion is significantly. The process of online discussion by using voice chat had successfully because the students’ scores move from average to good category. Besides, it had successfully driven students from conventional learning to blended learning.

Key Words: Voice Chat, Online Discussion Forum, Academic Debate.

Abstrak: Peneliti melaksanakan penelitian ini kepada mahasiswa semester empat program Studi Bahasa Inggris di FKIP Universitas Tanjungpura Pontianak. Tujuannya adalah untuk menemukan bagaimana mahasiswa menampilkan materi dan sikap di dalam forum diskusi online dan bagaimana proses dari mahasiswa menampilkan argumentasi dari awal hingga akhir penampilan dengan menggunakan voice chat. Penelitian ini adalah studi pra-experimen. Dua puluh dua siswa dari mahasiswa semester empat dipilih sebagai sampel. Perekaman suara siswa dan transkrip adalah alat dari pengumpulan data. Nilai rata-rata pada awal adalah 61,68 dan akhir penampilan adalah 70,63. Hipotesa alternative di terima dan Null hipotesa di tolak. Ini berarti bahwa penggunaan voice chat telah berhasil mengembangkan kemampuan siswa di debat secara online dan diskusi. Selain itu, proses dari online diskusi menggunakan voice chat sudah berhasil mengarahkan siswa dari conventional learning dan blended learning.

Kata Kunci: Voice Chat, Forum Diskusi Online, Debat Akademis.