Improving Interpersonal Communication Skills through Group Discussion Techniques in Grade VIII Students of SMP Negeri 1 Wates and SMP Negeri 3 Wates

摘要

This study aimed to the improve interpersonal communication skills through group discussion techniques in grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Wates and SMP Negeri 3 Wates. This research is classroom action research conducted using Kemmis and Taggart model. The subject of this research was of class VIII of SMP Negeri 1 Wates and SMP Negeri 3 Wates. The instrument of data collection used was observation guidelines and scale of interpersonal communication skills. Data analysis technique in this research was quantitative data analysis in the form of scale and qualitative data analysis. The results showed that the improvement of interpersonal communication skill of class VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Wates and SMP Negeri 3 Wates could be done using group discussion technique. This is evidence by the increase in the average value of interpersonal communication skills before the action to the average score after the action of cycle I and action cycle II. In the first cycle, the class VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Wates increased by 43.8 points, while in the second cycle 74.7 points. For the class VIII students of SMP Negeri 3 Wates, the increase in first cycle was 26.5 points, while in the second cycle it was 75.7 points. Thus, group discussion techniques could improve interpersonal communication skills of class VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Wates and SMP Negeri 3 Wates.