U-JET: Unila Journal of English Teaching
Vol 8, No 2 (2019): U-JET

Pairing Students of Different Proficiency Levels in Blended Learning Context to Improve Students’ Speaking Skill in Vocational High School

Elvandari Maulana (Lampung University)
Patuan Raja (Lampung University)
Ari Nurweni (Lampung University)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Aug 2019

Abstract

Penelitian ini menyelidiki apakah ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara siswa dari tingkat kemahiran yang berbeda dalam keterampilan berbicara mereka setelah dipasangkan dalam konteks pembelajaran campuran dan kelompok yang paling meningkat setelah dipasangkan dalam konteks pembelajaran campuran. Ada 24 siswa sebagai sampel penelitian yang dibagi menjadi kelompok tinggi dan rendah (T = 12, R = 12). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara siswa dari tingkat kemahiran yang berbeda dalam keterampilan berbicara mereka setelah dipasangkan dalam konteks pembelajaran campuran. Selain itu, kelompok rendah adalah kelompok yang mengalami peningkatan dalam keterampilan berbicara lebih tinggi. Ditemukan bahwa kenaikan rata-rata kelompok rendah lebih tinggi daripada kelompok tinggi. Ini menunjukkan bahwa pembelajaran campuran efektif untuk mengajar berbicara. Tingkat kemahiran yang berbeda dari siswa juga dapat berperan dalam membantu siswa belajar berbicara.This research investigated whether there was a significant difference between students with different proficiency level in their speaking skill after being paired in the blended learning context and the group that is most improved after being paired in blended learning context. There were 24 students as the sample of the research which were divided into high and low-proficiency groups (H=12, L=12). The results revealed that there was a significant difference between students of different proficiency level in their speaking skill after being paired in the blended learning context. Moreover, the low-proficiency group was the one that was mostly improved in speaking skill. It was found that the mean gain of low-proficiency group was higher than the high-proficiency group. It shows that blended learning is effective for teaching speaking. The students’ different proficiency level also can play role in helping students learn speaking.Keywords: Blended learning, pairing students of different level proficiency, speaking skill.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

123

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Ujet is a quarterly journal (March, June, September and December) published by the English Language Study Program, Department of Language and Arts Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Lampung. It addresses a wide range of different fields in English teaching and ...