The Implementation of Online Classroom Debate Technique to Improve Students’ Speaking Performance

Debate online one of the strategies that will help enrich the strategy of preparing. As online advances, teachers are increasingly required to adapt be creative and attractive methods for students to present. Besides that, it can improve the ability to speaking performance, it can also help students develop critical thinking skills. The aims in this study were to find out how the implementation of the debate technique through the online classroom improving students’ speaking performance is, how the lecturer and students’ respond to the advantages and disadvantages of the online classroom debate technique, and what the obstacles for the lecturer and students in the online classroom debate technique process are. The research was conducted at Department of English Education of UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The researcher collected data from observation and interview. Observation were carried out to strengthen research answers or as a supporting method. The interview was conducted with one lecturer and five students of English Advanced Skill classes to identify the research question in this research. The researcher found that the technique in the teaching and learning process can be affected to students' ability to improve students' speaking performance in English advanced skill class. Based on the research finding, the researcher would recommend to use the online classroom debate technique method in learning speaking as an alternative to improve students' speaking skills.