Improving Speaking Skill through British Parliamentary Debate by Using “AREL” For Nursing Students

Abstract

The main point of learning is the students be able to communicate using English. English becomes the important language especially after realizing EAC (Economic ASEAN Community). Therefore, the nursing students need to be able to communicate using English. Communication using English means the students be able to speak English. Because English belongs to the supplementary subject, many students have the problem in learning English. Additionally, one of the solutions is teaching speaking through debate. The debate can be useful in teaching speaking because debate needs the active learning process. Moreover, to make the students easy in doing debate, AREL (Argument, Reasoning, Evidence, Link Back) becomes the solution. This research aims to know the use of AREL in the debate to improve the speaking skill for nursing students. The subject of the research was the nursing students of STIKES Muhammadiyah Kudus in the fourth semester.  The data comes from observation, rubrics, and test. This research compares before and after using AREL. For the quantitative, the researcher measured by using the average score, maximum and minimum score. Moreover, for the qualitative, the researcher used Symons rubrics. In Symon’s rubric, there were four elements, they are fluency, pronunciation,  accuracy, and content. Based on the result of pretest-posttest, there was an improvement in the average score of the students. Moreover, based on the qualitative data, this research used Symons rubric and observation. For the fluency, pronunciation, accuracy, and content there was an improvement for the students speaking. The students are able to arrange the argument systematically and logically. Moreover, they also can create the debate atmosphere that can improve their speaking competence