AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS STAND-UP COMEDY IN SPEAKING SPOOF MONOLOGUE

Abstract

Abstract:This research was aimed to know the students’ perception towards stand-up comedy in speaking spoof monologue. The method of research was descriptive study. The subjects of research were the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Pontianak in academic year 2013/2014.The data were collected by indirect and direct communication technique, whereas the tools used in collecting the data werequestionnaire and interview. The findings showed that the students had positive and negative perceptions towards stand-up comedy in speaking spoof monologue. Moreover, there was relationship between students’ performance score and students’ perception. The students who got high score tended to have positive perception. Vice versa, the students who got low score tended to have negative perception.In conclusion, students’ positive perceptions were higher than students’ negative perception so that stand-up comedy could be a consideration to be used in speaking class because of the students’ positive perception.

Keywords: perception, stand-up comedy

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui persepsi siswa terhadap stand-up comedy dalam monolog spoof. Metode penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 1 Pontianak tahun ajaran 2013/2014. Teknik pengumpulan data adalah komunikasi secara tidak langsung dan langsung, sedangkan alat yang digunakan dalam pengumpulan data adalah kuesioner dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa siswa mempunyai persepsi positif dan negatif terhadap stand-up comedy dalam monolog spoof. Selain itu, ada hubungan antara nilai penampilan stan-up comedy siswa dengan persepsi siswa. Siswa yang mendapatkan nilai tinggi cenderung mempunyai persepsi positif. Sebaliknya, siswa yang mendapatkan nilai rendah cenderung mempunyai persepsi negatif. Kesimpulannya, persepsi positif siswa lebih tinggi dari pada persepsi negatif sehingga stand-upcomedy dapat dipertimbangkan untuk digunakan dalam kelas karena persepsi positif siswa.

Kata kunci: persepsi, stand-up comedy