Interpersonal communication and speaking skill

Abstract

The following study aimed to determine the impact that interpersonal communication has on speaking skills. The participants were a total of 62 students (32 males and 30 females). This research has a descriptive, non-experimental approach. The data was collected through a survey with 25 items on a Likert scale. Additionally, there were 3 open questions. Once the survey was completed, it was validated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.973) and the validation of the experts confirmed its reliability. Additionally, this research had three research questions based on the objectives. The results revealed that the type of interpersonal communication most used by students is verbal and non-verbal communication due to its great influence and help in the ability to speak. There were many strategies that teachers use to improve interpersonal communication. Based on the students' results, teachers prefer to apply strategies such as drilling and collaborative learning while the least used is mingle activity. Furthermore, the results also revealed that students use speaking strategies to improve their communication. The strategies that students used the most were learning new vocabulary and recording voice. However, debates are infrequently considered as the main strategy for them.