The Effectiveness of Empty Seats Technique in Resolving Verbal Communication Difficulties

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10.2991/seadric-17.2017.70How to use a DOI?

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Empty Seats Technique, Verbal Communication Difficulties

Abstract

In school environment, verbal communication is a main support in learning activity. However, it often happens that students tend to have difficulties in verbal communication such as miscommunication that leads to a failure in making a relation, conflict, also may disturb thinking process. These happened because of disruption in communicating such as articulating, voice, accuracy and fluency problem and verbal language problem. Therefore, it is needed to develop a technique to overcome those problems. One of many ways is to an individual counseling service using empty seats technique approach branch from Gestalt theory. The aim of this research was to find the effectiveness of this counseling technique to resolve verbal communication difficulties from students of VII grade. It was a quantitative research with experimental research. The research was conducted at SMPN 31 Banjarmasin. The population was VII grade students with total 120 students while the sample was acquired through inclusion criteria with purposive sampling technique, with a number of eight students. The instrument of the research and data collection was in form of measurement scale of verbal communication difficulties. The data were analyzed using t-test formula. Based on the data obtained from the testing of obtained t > t table 0.95% (5.60> 3.182), then H0 was rejected, which means there were different levels of verbal communication difficulty percentage of students before being given a counseling by using empty seats technique and after given a counseling. Based on the results, it can be concluded that the individual counseling with an empty seats technique was effective in overcoming the difficulties of verbal communication. Therefore, the counselors were suggested to apply the empty seats technique in overcoming difficulties in verbal communication of the students.

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AU  - Nina Permatasari
AU  - Nurul Inayah
PY  - 2017/05
DA  - 2017/05
TI  - The Effectiveness of Empty Seats Technique in Resolving Verbal Communication Difficulties
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th SEA-DR (South East Asia Development Research) International Conference 2017 (SEADRIC 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 327
EP  - 332
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/seadric-17.2017.70
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