12 especially in a group discussion. The use of group discussion is aimed to help the
students to engage themselves in their learning process. The students try to show their effort during the impelmentation of group discussion. The following part will
be discussing deeper about some aspects related to group discussion strategy.
a. Definition of Group Discussion
According to Slavin 1990, group discussion is when a group of people are together to do a work, and they are doing interactions with the member of the
group and who are psychologically sensible of one another, and who are taking part themselves to be a group on a learning process. It is in line with Amy 2007
who says that group discussion is group where some number of students can work together to make decision, give andshare their opinions on given topic, create
something, and solve problem. This shows that the students can help each group member to participate well in the learning process to achieve their goals.
b. Types of Group Discussion
There are two types of group discussion. They are “large-group discussion and small-
group discussion” Borich, 1996, p. 325. It is taken from Viviana’s thesis 2013.
1 Large-Group Discussion
Large-Group discussion consists of all students in class which are discussing a topic. The students are guided by the teacher in the discussion.
Sometimes this type of group discussion is difficult to be handled because there are many learners interacting. As a teacher, we may get difficulty to manage the
13 class. In this type, the teachers lead the process of the group discussion. So, the
teachers can do such as teaching, demonstrating, explaining the topic, asking, and answering questions if the students have any.
2 Small-Group Discussion
Small-Group discussion is helpful for the students to increase their participation or engagement in the group discussion. The member of the group is
usually around five to ten people. The students will have big chance to speak up their opinions when they are in small numbers in group discussion. The students
have much time to participate in the group discussion. Therefore, it can increase their communication skill within each group member.
c. Stages of Group Discussion
