Enhancing Students’ Speaking Skill through Online Collaborative Learning at 11th Grade Students of SMK Prima Bakti Tangerang

susan dean; hamzah puadi ilyas, ph.d, prof.dr. gunawan suryoputro, m.hum;

This research aims to find out whether online collaborative learning can improve
English speaking skills of 11th grade students at SMK Prima Bakti Tangerang, the challenges
faced by teachers in implementing online collaborative learning, and students' perspectives
toward the implementation of online collaborative learning. Researchers used a mixed method
where data is collected through pre and post tests for quantitative and interviews for qualitative.
This research was conducted in the 11th grade of the Department of Office
Administration of SMK Prima Bakti, Tangerang. There are 20 11th grade students majoring in
Office Administration involved in this research. In this school, The English teacher has been
doing online collaborative learning since the beginning of 2020 when online learning began to
be implemented.
Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that online collaborative learning
can improve students' English speaking skills because it can increase students' confidence to
speak, stimulate students to give opinions, and create comfortable conditions for students to
interact with their group friends.
The challenges experienced by teachers in implementing online collaborative learning
are the lack of digital literacy, unstable internet connections, and the limitations of students in
accessing the internet. Students have a positive perspective on online collaborative learning
because it can make them understand the lesson more than having to learn on their own.
Keywords: collaborative learning, online collaborative learning, speech skill