Students’ Speaking Skill Through English Debate Program: A Case Study Of Foreign Language Development Institute (Fldi) At Pesantren Nurul Jadid

Aini, Nur (2026) Students’ Speaking Skill Through English Debate Program: A Case Study Of Foreign Language Development Institute (Fldi) At Pesantren Nurul Jadid. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Kiai Haji Achmad Siddiq Jember.

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Abstract

Nur Aini, 2026: Students’ Speaking skill through English Debate Program: A Case Study of Foreign Language Development Institute (FLDI) at Pesantren Nurul Jadid.
Advisor: Dewi Nurul Qomariyah, S.S., M.Pd.
Keywords: Students’ Speaking Skill, English Debate Program, Foreign language Development Institute (FLDI).
English speaking skill is one of important abilities for students in learning English as a foreign language. However, many students still face difficulties in speaking English due to limited vocabulary, lack of confidence, nervousness, and limited opportunities to practice speaking actively. Observations at Foreign Language Development Institute (FLDI) of Pesantren Nurul Jadid showed that students often experience those challenges. Therefore, English Debate Program is implemented as a speaking activity intended to provide students with meaningful, interactive, and continuous speaking practice.
Thus, the research questions of this study are: (1) how the English Debate Program is designed and implemented at Foreign Language Development Institute (FLDI). (2) what challenges and strategies are experienced and used by students during participation in the program. This study aimed to explore the implementation of English Debate Program and to identify challenges faced also strategies used by students through participation in english debate program at Foreign Language Development Institute (FLDI) of Pesantren Nurul Jadid.
This study employed a qualitative case study design, allowing the researcher to explore the implementation of debate program and students’ challenges also strategies at Foreign Language Development Institute (FLDI) of Pesantren Nurul Jadid. The participants were selected through purposive sampling, involving language devision, debate coaches and formal senior high school students who joined the program, collected by using observation, interview, and document review. The data analysis applied Miles and Huberman’s theory, includes data collection, data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing/verifying. The validity of data, researcher used technique triangulation and source triangulation.
The results of this research are: (1) the implementation of English Debate Program is divided into several parts, such as goals, materials, and procedures of debate training. The goals are to improve students’ speaking skills, confidence, public speaking ability, and critical thinking. The materials focuses on debate motions, argument construction, rebuttal practice, and speaking performance. The procedure consists of motion preparation, argument development, case-building, mock debate, and evaluation. (2) Students faced several challenges including linguistic, psychological, cognitive, and technical challenges. To overcome these difficulties, students applied memory, cognitive, affective, and social strategies through continuous practice, teamwork, and speaking participation. These findings showed that English Debate Program at Foreign Language Development Institute (FLDI) supports students in developing their speaking skills, confidence, and communication ability through meaningful and interactive debate activities.

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