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    This thesis investigated students' perceptions of using debating techniques in an English speaking class at Universitas Katolik Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng. A questionnaire and interviews with 35 second-year students found that most students had positive responses to debating. They believed it improved their fluency, vocabulary, teamwork, questioning skills, and self-confidence. Students also said debating helped them pay attention, develop tolerance for others' opinions, and connect academic subjects to real life. Due to these advantages, students felt debating should be practiced regularly in speaking classes to improve their skills.

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    This thesis investigated students' perceptions of using debating techniques in an English speaking class at Universitas Katolik Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng. A questionnaire and interviews with 35 second-year students found that most students had positive responses to debating. They believed it improved their fluency, vocabulary, teamwork, questioning skills, and self-confidence. Students also said debating helped them pay attention, develop tolerance for others' opinions, and connect academic subjects to real life. Due to these advantages, students felt debating should be practiced regularly in speaking classes to improve their skills.

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    This thesis investigated students' perceptions of using debating techniques in an English speaking class at Universitas Katolik Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng. A questionnaire and interviews with 35 second-year students found that most students had positive responses to debating. They believed it improved their fluency, vocabulary, teamwork, questioning skills, and self-confidence. Students also said debating helped them pay attention, develop tolerance for others' opinions, and connect academic subjects to real life. Due to these advantages, students felt debating should be practiced regularly in speaking classes to improve their skills.

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    ABSTRACT

    Anul, Epifania Westerlin. 2020. Students’ Perceptions on Using Debating


    Technique in Speaking Class at the Second Grade Students of Universitas Katolik
    Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng. Thesis. Under Graduate Program of Education.
    Universitas Katolik Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng. Advisor I: Ely Heldydiana
    Selamat, M. Pd, Advisor II: Yosefina Rosdiana Su, S. S., M. Pd.

    The aims of this research is investigating the students’ perceptions on


    using debate technique on Speaking Course at English Language Education
    Program of UNIKA Santu Paulus Ruteng.

    This research was a descriptive quatitative research dealing with the


    students’ perceptions on using debate technique on speaking class at the second
    grade students at English Language Education Program of UNIKA Santu Paulus
    Ruteng. The subjects of this research were 35 students of English Language
    Education Program. To collect the data in this research, the researcher used
    questionnaire and interview. Questionnaire was used to know the students
    perceptions on using debate technique on speaking class. While, interview was
    used to know more information about the students perceptions on using debate
    technique.
    The results showed that most of the students had positive response on the
    use of debatie technique on speaking class. The majority of the students believed
    that debate technique brought some advantages for them, such as debate could
    improve their fluency like they were able to speak during the class. It was also
    helped them to enhance their vocabulary, developed their teamwork skill, enhance
    their questioning skill. All of the students were claimed that debate helped them
    to build their self-confidence and critical thinking. As well as students pay more
    attention during the class and developed their tolerance and recognition of their
    friends’ opinion. In addition, students believed that debate was not only a way to
    connect students with academic subjects but it could also connect the students to
    public life. Because of some advantages above, debate really need to be practiced
    in speaking classroom. It is appropriate for students to increase their speaking
    skill.
    Moreover, the students realized that the use of debate technique in
    speaking class was an appropriate technique to improve their speaking skill.
    Through debate teacher could provide opportunities for students to talk by using
    group work, and limiting teacher talk. Therefore, the teacher should keep
    encouraging the students to get involved during the process of learning in the
    class most of the time.

    Keywords: Students’ perception, debate technique and speaking class

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