AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS IN INTERACTING AT

SMKS TUNAS PELITA BINJAI BY USING SOCIAL MEDIA

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Jurnal AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS IN

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Juni Syahputri Br Sitepu,Ayu Indari, Nurul Hasanah

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 AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS IN INTERACTING AT SMKS
TUNAS PELITA BINJAI BY USING SOCIAL MEDIA

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Juni Syahputri, 2Ayu Indari, 3Nurul Hasanah
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ABSTRAK

Keterampilan berbicara adalah komunikasi yang menggunakan media dan jaringan internet, dimana
komunikasi ini tidak perlu bertemu secara langsung atau tatap muka dengan lawan bicara. Para
siswa banyak menggunakan keterampilan berbicara dalam berkomunikasi dengan teman mereka
dengan media sosial seperti Instagram. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui
bagaimana keterampilan berbicara dilakukan oleh remaja dan untuk mengetahui penggunaan
masing-masing fitur di Instagram sebagai alat komunikasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori
komunikasi sebagai landasan dalam pembuatan tesis ini. Informan dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 10
orang. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah bahwa keterampilan berbicara yang dilakukan oleh siswa
sangat berperan penting dalam berkomunikasi di era saat ini, karena masih banyak siswa yang
menggunakan keterampilan berbicara ini saat berkomunikasi. Komunikasi dalam keterampilan
berbicara pada media Instagram memiliki banyak fitur komunikasi yang memungkinkan siswa
memilih komunikasi melalui fitur apa saja. Metode penelitian menggunakan kualitatif dengan
pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara dan dokumentasi. Kekurangan dalam penelitian ini
siswa masih ada sebagain yang kurang dalam memahami cara kmunikasi atau berbicara dengan
media sosial, saran dalam penelitian ini siswa diharapkan dapat menggunakan media sosial sebaik
mungkin untuk belajar komunikasi yang baik dan benar untuk kegiatan pembelajaran.

Kata kunci: Menganalisis, keterampilan berbicara, Instagram, Siswa

ABSTRACT

Speaking skills are communication that uses media and internet networks, where this
communication does not require meeting directly or face to face with the person you are talking to.
Students use a lot of speaking skills in communicating with their friends on social media such as
Instagram. The aim of this research is to find out how speaking skills are carried out by teenagers
and to find out the use of each feature on Instagram as a communication tool. This research uses
communication theory as the basis for making this thesis. There were 10 informants in this study.
The results of this research are that speaking skills carried out by students play a very important
role in communicating in the current era, because there are still many students who use these
speaking skills when communicating. Communication in speaking skills on Instagram media has
many communication features that allow students to choose communication through any feature.
The research method uses qualitative with data collection using interviews and documentation. The
shortcomings in this research are that some students still lack understanding of how to
communicate or talk using social media. The suggestions in this research are that students are
expected to be able to use social media as best as possible to learn good and correct
communication for learning activities.

Keywords: Analyzing, speaking skills, Instagram, Students

I. INTRODUCTION practise. When the teacher asks the students to

Language is the method of human express their ideas or opinions orally, most of
communication, either spoken or written, them are too afraid or too shy. Therefore, it
consisting of the use of words in a structured makes the students lazy to take part and their
and conventional ways. The action of speaking skills would not be improved.
conveying information or expressing one’s Students have less habit to practice English in
thoughts and feelings in spoken language calls their daily life. The students don’t want to
as speaking. English Speaking needs constant explore their capability in English even though
practice, especially for studying English as a they have learned the basic structure and any
foreign language. The proficiancy in speaking else which are the components theory about
English is highly required in this era of English (Indari, 2020: 26).
globalization as challenges. It is extreme
necessary for who would like getting a job One of the benefits is often posting with
related to English-Qualification. In Indonesia, English vocabulary an often speaking on
English has been taught since kindergarten up social media such as facebook, instagram,
to university level. It is clearly expected that tiktok, youtube and making videos of
graduation students are able to show their themselves to encourage student to improve
performance in English speaking competence.. their speaking achievement. According to
Speaking has an important role as one of Savignon S.J (1991: 98), lecturers who did try
the basic four skills of English. Millions of time for students to use the patterns they have
people around the world nowdays expect to practice in more authentic real-life situations,
improve their English Speaking. In order to will make them more successful in speaking.
support people’s expectation in mastering One of the most effective ways is to utilize
English, many different ways of teaching social media technology that is often used by
strategy are available. Teaching media such as students. Learning to use social media has been
books, booklet, video–tutorials, internet and very much researched. G. Dettori1 and S.
other laguange teaching materials and Torsani (2013) found that teachers benefit
resources are available.. from teaching by using social media. Students
As an English teacher, the main purpose of can use YouTube for materials related to the
teaching English is to aid students in subject and also using Blogs, Forums or Wiki
developing their ability to speak automatically tools e-Learn due to subject requirements, or
and spontaneosly. Students are directed to access Facebook or other social media tools for
describe an object or a specific within the their own learning practice.
frame of the object as instructed by the teacher. Speaking is a person's ability or ability to
Speaking well really is an art, though most of say words to express, state, and convey ideas
us have been speaking since we were young and feelings verbally to others. According to
children (Palmer: 2011). Carefully choosing Tarigan, (2008: 16) says that speaking is the
our words, organizing our ideas so they are ability to pronounce articulation sounds or
easy to follow, captivating an audience by words to express, state, or convey thoughts,
employing effective gestures or changing. ideas, and feelings. According to
Every learner can learn them, practice them, Nurgiyantoro, (2010: 399) says that speaking is
and perfom them. But first, they need a second language activity carried out by
conscientious teacher who will show them humans in language life after listening.
how. To teach speaking learning process, Speaking is a complex activity and is different
students find that speaking is difficult to from the other three aspects of language skills
 In this study, writer will focus on Mulyana (2010) says that So that the
students’ speaking achievement in the form of conclusion that researchers can draw from
monologue speaking. Through this magic- several experts is that the Instagram application
square game, students will learn from the is a software or social network that can be used
group discussion, then they will perfom oral to quickly share photos and videos with all
the presentation individually. Language learnes Instagram residents around the world.
need to recognize that speaking involves three Instagram, which is expected to be a solution
areas of knowledge “Factor Effecting for innovation in the world of education,
Students' English Speaking Skills” (Bashir, definitely has the possibility of advantages and
Marriam et al, 2011: 34-37) says that one disadvantages. The characteristics of social
needs to realize that speaking involves three media are not much different from cyber media
areas of knowledge: (1) Using the right words (cyber) because social media is one of the
in the right order with the correct platforms of cyber media. However, according
pronunciantion, (2) knowing when precise to Nasrullah (2016) as a lecturer in Social
understanding is not required, social and Media Communication Studies has a special
cultural rules and norms, and (3) understanding character, namely: “network, information,
how to take into account who is speaking to archives, interaction, social simulation
whom, in any circumstance (simulation of society), and content by users
Speaking according to Nurgiyantoro (user-generated content). The explanation is as
(2001:276) speaking is a language activity follows Network (Network), in the field of
second thing that humans do in language life, technology such as computer science is a
namely after listening activity. Based on the structural system that connects computers with
sounds heard, then humans learn to pronounce other hardware.
and eventually become skilled speak. This relationship must exist because the
According to Speaking is defined as the ability communication network occurs when the
to pronounce sounds articulation or words to computers are connected, and so does the
express, express and convey thoughts, ideas, transfer of data. Information on social media is
and feelings (Tarigan, 2008:14). an important entity (something that has a
Interaction will always be related to the unique and distinct existence) in social media
term communication or relationship. In the because social media users create
process of communication, it is known that representations of their identities, produce
there are elements of communicants and content, and perform information-based
communicators. Connection between the interactions. In fact, information becomes a
communicator and the communicant is usually commodity in society. Information is produced
due to interaction something, which is known and then consumed by each individual.
as the message. Then to convey or To contact Archives, for social media users, archives
the message it is necessary to have a medium become a character that explains that
or channel. So that element involved in information has been stored and can also be
communication include communicators, accessed at any time through any device. Every
communicants, messages and channels or information uploaded by users on social media,
media. Communication also takes place in it will not just disappear even though time has
processes and activities learning. In general, passed, even years. Interactivity, on social
the use of spoken language is more frequently media there is interaction and socialization
used than written language in communication. between users, not just expanding friendships
Likewise what happened to classroom or followers. Gane & Beer (2008) said that
interaction between teachers and students. interaction is a process that occurs between
Generally the teacher carries out the process users and technological devices. The presence
oral learning (Nurhayati, 2007). We can't of technological devices is an inseparable part
imagine how would the learning process be if of everyday life and builds interaction between
there is no communication because users of these social networks. Social
Communication is the heart of the learning simulation (simulation of society), the
process character that exists on social media is as a
medium (carrier of something) for the ongoing Binjai Vocational School related to the school's
social community in cyberspace. The vision and mission as well as to obtain data on
uniqueness and pattern that social media has in school programs related to the implementation
many cases is different and is not found in a of the learning process in an effort to improve
real society the quality of education. Vision is an insight
that becomes a source of direction for the
II. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY school and is used to guide the formulation of
Research methods This research is a the school's mission. In other words, the vision
descriptive qualitative research. According to is a far-sighted view of where the school will
Nana Syaodih Sukmadinata (2011: 73), be taken while the mission is an action to
qualitative descriptive research is aimed at realize the vision because the vision must
describe and describe existing phenomena, accommodate all interest groups related to the
both physical and natural and human school, then the mission can also be interpreted
engineering, which pay more attention to the as one of the actions to fulfill the interests of
characteristics, quality, interrelationships each group related to the school is to make
between activities. In addition, descriptive SMKS Tunas Pelita Binjai a comfortable,
research does not provide treatment, healthy school environment in the student
manipulation or modification of the variables learning process.
studied, but rather describes a condition as it is. B. The Data Analysis
One- the only treatment given was the research 1. Virtual Communication on Instagram
itself, which was carried out through At SMKS Tunas Pelita Binjai, North
observation, interviews, and documentation. Binjai sub-district, many students were active
In addition, Sugiono (2012: 9) also playing Instagram social media, starting from
suggests qualitative research as: research uploading photos or daily videos and also
methods based on the philosophy of communicate. Among the 5 informants said
postpositivism, used to examine the condition that this virtual communication had its
of natural objects, where the researcher is as advantages and disadvantages, the results of
key instruments, data collection techniques by interviews with informants as follows
triangulation, data analysis is inductive or “Virtual communication on Instagram is
qualitative, and the results of qualitative so much fun I think there are advantages and
research emphasize the meaning of on disadvantages too. Luckily huh like there's no
generalizations need to meet in person, so save gas, if it's a
The method used in this research is survey loss there is a bad person for the above
with test and measurement techniques. instagram account my name and contact my
Collaboration between researchers and students friends one by one with evil mode like asking to
important to obtain optimal results, action in borrow money, that's what annoyed me but
this research in the form of interviews now the account is in deactivate.” (Interview
(interviews), and oral tests, with the aim of with S, on 22 Sept 2022).
knowing the speaking skills of SMKS Tuna In this first informant said that this virtual
pelita binjai students which is this research communication was not always good if it will
This is done collaboratively, meaning that be done continuously
researchers collaborate or collaborate with “Easy communication without meeting
students in one of the schools in the Binjai City face to face, for me those who are lazy to go
Distric out and go out of the house, so it's just a
III. THE DATA AND ANALYSIS virtual chatthrough Instagram social media.
A. The Data Collection Actually there are also communication
1. Description of the area of SMKS Tunas applications such as whatsapp, but I'm more
Pelita Binjai on I like Instagram because of its wide reach."
The result is interview with one of the (Interview with DA on 22 Sept 2022).
teachers of the Tunas Pelita Binjai Vocational In the second informant, this student said
School about the data source chosen to obtain that communication virtual was easy
data about the description of the Tunas Pelita communication for lazy teenagers to out of the
house and also social media Instagram was a social media, both in positive and negative
medium that its reach was wide and unlimited. stories. Differing opinion with the second
"In my opinion, virtual communication is informant prefers to use the features Instagram
communication that make it easier even though story because it gets more friends, here are the
sometimes there are also small conflicts that results of the interview with the second
occurs when communicating virtual, for informant
example wit misunderstanding reading the text, "I prefer the Instagram story feature in
but with the this virtual communication communicating, but if my friend takes a long
communication with friends is faster only time to reply to messages, I will immediately
through smartphones.” (Interview results on F, videocall through Instagram directly, thank
on 22 Sept 2022). God it was picked up directly by my
The third informant said that according to friend.”(Interview with AP, 22 September
his communication was fast communication 2022)
without the hassle of meeting face to face The second informant said that he also
although sometimes there was a small conflict often communicated with friends through story
in the virtual communication. feature on Instagram. The fourth informant
“Virtual communication is very good also used DM more often. The results
because with virtual communication can interview with third informant:
maintain good social relations with friends who "From the many Instagram features, I often
are far away or out of town. Especially with IGTV, because IGTV has no time limit on
the many features on Instagram that make it making videos, for example I made a video
easier for us communicate. Especially with me about how to talk in public and much more,
following the forum like Gen Z which thank from me making IGTV videos Later many
God has friends fromvarious outside the city, friends will comment. DM me too I often use it
therefore this virtual communication is very in communicating with my friends who are out
help me and my friends to communicate of town for that to keep in touch with
maintain social relations” (Interview with SP, good.”(Interview with AM, 22 Sept 2022)
in 22 Sept 2022) 3. Language in virtual communication
2. Instagram features in communicating The use of language in communicating
Instagram has a lot of features for through communication virtual is usually
communicating, starting from text, voice different from direct communication with
messages and even video calls. From several interlocutors. Following are the results of
many kinds of communication features, there interviews with informants
are one or two features that are most frequent "I usually use DM and Video call for
used by students at SMKS Tunas Pelita Binjai communication, if DM, the words are stiff, just
The following are the results of an interview like the usual, not too harsh also but it's
with informant: different if you have a video call, the language
“The communication feature that I often is more barbaric that came out.”(Interview
use on Instagram is is a comment anyway, like with RJ, 22 Sept 2022).
a comment on a friend's post or sometimes also On the third informant said that he
comments on the usual celebgram posts and preferred to joke in communicating on live
usually the contents of the comments are Instagram with his friends who watched or
sometimes good sometimes bad but that's for joined him on live Instagram. In this fourth
it's funny. I also use the Dm feature often, informant was different, he communicated
actually only the most frequent are the through virtual communication in Instagram
comments, it's fun the problem.” (Interview with good and polite language. All this time he
with RS, 22 Sept 2022) didn't use harsh words on social
The virtual communication that is carried "All this time, Alhamdulillah,
out using Instagram stories posted by other communication is through comments or DM is
users: In the first informant said that she was fine. Every post I always have who commented
more often using the story feature in on motivation and had fun, so yes, me too
communicating with friends on Instagram
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