10 presentations, and verbal and written reports prepared by students. Group
presentation technique in this research belongs to cooperative learning approach. Group presentation is as the procedure which is in harmony with cooperative
learning approach. It could be explained that among the member in group presentation commit to the common purpose and goal.
2. Group Work
The researcher also discusses group work to support this research. In group presentation, the students cooperate and work together to prepare the material
which will be presented. Thus, it can be said that in group presentation, there is the essence of group work. The discussions of group work are divided into two
parts, namely the definitions of group work and its characteristics.
a. Definition of Group Work
According to Jaques 1991, group can be said as the qualities of interaction between members who influence and respond to each other in the process of
communication, whether they are face to face or otherwise deployed. Gibson, Ivancevich, and Donnelly 1973: 201 state that “group is two or more employees
who interact with each other in such a manner that the behavior andor performance of a member is influenced by the behavior andor performance of
other members”. Brown 2001 states that group work is a technique in which two or more
students are assigned a task that involves collaboration. A collection of students will interact to each other then they do any task. Group in this research is
11 collection of individuals who interact and respond each other to do any tasks.
Each member influences other members. Specifically, it is called group work.
b. Characteristics of Group Work
Specifically, group which is formed in learning process may be viewed as outcomes Jacques, 1991. He adds that the aim of forming group might be to
attain a deeper understanding of educational theory. STUDENTS
SOCIETY TUTORS
Figure 2.1 Sources of Aims for Group Work
From figure 2.1 above, the society is included to the personal background of tutors and students as well as the wider community. Meanwhile, students draw
upon their own background and on their perception of the outside world. Moreover, the tutors have aims which derive from similar sources to those of the
Family Reference
Groups image of “professional
“job Exchange
ideas Educational
needs Assessment
Institutional Personal
Ideologies Own
experience Viability
studies Negotiable
in the learning
in group
12 students. The tutors are strongly influenced by the climate of learning in the
educational setting. Furthermore, most people start their life in small groups, in the family unit. Therefore, there is natural discussion in groups. The aims are
transported by the students from society into the educational setting. The aims and ideas of group may be modified through interaction between students in group
work. Brown 2001 explains some advantages of group work in English language
learning classroom. The advantages of group work are generating interactive language, offering an embracing affective climate, promoting responsibility,
autonomy and individualizing instruction. Generating interactive language means that group work provides opportunities for students for face-to-face giving and
taking, practicing negotiation of meaning, and extending conversational exchanges. Moreover, offering an embracing affective climate means that it can
help the students to cooperate each other in gaining common goals. After knowing some definitions group and group work, in the following
discussion the researcher will discuss the essence of presentation in learning process above which will be related to the essence of group work.
3. Presentation
