Presentation-discussion Technique to Improve Vocational School Students’ Japanese Speaking Skill

The study aims to investigate the use of presentation-discussion technique to improve the speaking skills of beginning students of Japanese language class. Discussion is a two-way communication between two persons or more to exchange ideas, speaking one’s mind to solve problems and making decisions. While presentation is one of the speaking activities that takes place in front of many people by giving information about particular topics to improve communication skills. Learning materials used in this study are Japanese for finance. Method used in this study is experiment methods. The sample is twenty people of XI grade Vocational School students majoring in accounting in Bandung Timur. Study instrument used is oral test. Based on study results, pretest average gain before using presentation discussion method is very low. Posttest average gain increased after using presentation-discussion technique. The result also shows that learning to speak Japanese for Vocational School students using presentation discussion technique is effective. Keywords—speaking; presentation-discussion technique; beginner Japanese students