5 students get the opinions from their seniors, juniors, and friends, the students have
responsibilities to present their task in front of the class. That is also the way for the researcher to know more about their ability to speak English.
D. Objectives of the Study
Based on the title of the research and the research problems, the researcher divided the objectives of the study become two aspects:
1. To identify how group presentation technique is implemented.
2. To identify the students’ perception on the use of group presentation
technique.
E. Research Benefits
From the discussion above, this research provides some benefits. These benefits are for English teachers, the students of grade XII IPA in SMA BOPKRI
2 Yogyakarta, and also for future researchers. The benefits are:
1. For English Teachers
This research helps the English teachers to identify the students’ perception on presentation. Therefore, the English teacher will know their weaknesses when
they use presentation technique to teach the students. It also helps the English teacher to know the ability of the students to present the task by using English.
2. For the Students of Grade XII IPA in SMA BOPKRI 2 Yogyakarta
This research helps the students to find their difficulties to speak English and make the students more confident to speak English in front of the class. This
research also helps the students to memorize the vocabulary which are used
6 during the presentation. Hence, by doing this research the students will be
confident to use English and they will have more vocabulary.
3. Future Researchers
It is hoped that this research will help other researchers to get more information about group presentation. This research will helpful for other
researchers who will conduct the research about group presentation technique.
F. Definition of Terms
1. Perception
According to Huffman, et al 2000, perception is dealing with make the sense of stimuli input. The way of receiving the stimuli depends on the
characteristics. Szilagyi and Wallace 1980:70 say that perception is defined as a process in which individuals receive stimuli, organize, and then interpret the
stimuli into a message that indicates an appropriate action or behavior in their life.
In this research, perception means the way for the students in thinking about their point of view of group presentation. Every student has their own perception
about something, so in this research the students will have different perception from their friends who do the presentation. By understanding their perception, the
students will share their opinion about the use of group presentation to improve their ability in speaking English.
2. Presentation technique
Presentation is one of learning techniques which is used by the students and also the teachers. Using presentation helps the students to share their opinion and
7 also helps them to be confident to speak in front of many people. Cassie and
Constantine 1997 say that presentation is the way someone speaks in public. The best presentation is rehearsed, not the way the speaker memorizes the words
they want to say but the ability of the speaker to interact with audience. When the students have to present their work they have to control their nervous feeling so
they will have a good presentation. In this research the meaning of presentation is the way for the students to
speak in front of the class and explain about their task to their friends. In this case, presentation also becomes the teaching technique for the students, so the students
can share their own opinion with their friends.
3. Speaking
Nunan 2003 states that speaking is the productive oral skill, which consists of producing systematic verbal utterances to convey meaning. Speaking is one of
the four skills that usually we used to communicate. Speaking is a skill which deserves attention every bit as much as literary skills, in first language and second
language Bygate, 1987. Although speaking becomes simple to be implemented but it becomes the hardest skill. If the learners speak, they cannot edit and revise
what they have to say as they can if they are writing Nunan, 2003. In this research, speaking skill me
ans the students’ ability to speak English in front of the teacher and also in front of their friends during the presentation. In
the other words, the students have to be confident to speak English to explain the material of their presentation, so their friends will understand the material.
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4. XII Graders
XII graders in this research are the students of XII IPA who have experiences in doing group presentation. The students of XII IPA are divided into
two classes, XII IPA 1 and XII IPA 2. Every class consists of 21 students, so there are 42 students of XII IPA 1 and XII IPA 2.
