Research Benefits XII Graders' perception on the use of group presentation technique to improve speaking ability in SMA BOPKRI 2 Yogyakarta.

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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

In this chapter the researcher presents review of related literature. This chapter is divided into two parts. The first part is the theoretical description which discusses the approach of the research. The second part is the theoretical framework, which reviews how the theory is used.

A. Theoretical Description

In this section, the researcher discusses the theories which are used in this research. There are four major theories in this research which are going to be explained. The theories are perception, presentation, motivation to speak, and speaking skills.

1. Perception

According to Altman, Valensi and Hodgett 1985, perception is the way in which the stimuli are selected and grouped by a person so they can be meaningfully interpreted. There are four processes of perceptual: Figure 2.1 The Perceptual Process Stimuli Sensor ’s selection of stimuli Perception, organization, and interpretation of stimuli Behavioral Response 10 From the Figure 2.1 the first process of perception is stimuli, it means that where the stimuli are selected. Second is how the person selects the stimuli depend on hisher needs. Third is how the person organizes and interpret the stimuli. For many people, perception has particular characteristics. It happens because every person has hisher own perception about the thing which heshe sees and heshe interprets the stimuli differently. Every person also has hisher own understanding and a way to show or to interpret hisher perception. Perception is like what heshe has done and what heshe has thought about something in this life. Fourth, behavior response is how the person gives hisher own response to the stimuli. There are many factors which influence a person ’s perception. According to Altman, et al 1985, there are four the most important factors which influence people perception. a. Selection stimuli The process of stimuli selection depends on the person who receives the stimuli. Every person has hisher own way to receive the stimuli. The way heshe receive the stimuli is one reason why people perceive thing differently. Each person who receives the stimuli will select specific cues and filters, or screens, out the others Altman, et al, 1985. After the people get the stimuli they will organize the stimuli itself. b. Organization of stimuli. After getting the stimuli, a person will organize them. It must be arranged so the stimuli become meaningful. It helps us to bring order out of the chaotic onslaught of sensory data by selecting the items and putting it together in