Effectiveness of Use Brainstorming Techniques in Dokkai Learning

Abstract

Dokkai learning is one of the subjects given to Japanese language learners in Japanese language teaching. Dokkai learning is one of the lecture materials that can improve the reading skill of Japanese language. Dokkai learning not only emphasizes the ability to read text written in Japanese characters that include hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Dokkai learning aims to learners can understand the contents of Japanese discourse and able to absorb the various information conveyed in the text he read. This study aims to find out how the ability to understand students reading through brainstorming techniques with conventional methods on learning dokkai, is there a significant difference in reading ability between classes using conventional and classroom methods using brainstorming techniques, and student responses / responses to the application of brainstorming techniques in learning dokkai. This research is a purely experimental research with two sample groups ie experiment group and control group. Research instruments for data collection are tests and questionnaires. Data processing is done by using SPSS 21.0 for windows. Result of data processing based on statistical test with t-test, it can be seen that the improvement of reading comprehension ability of experiment class students using brainstorming technique is significantly higher than control class using conventional method. The results of questionnaire data indicate that there is a correlation between the use of learning techniques in teaching dokkai, indicating that respondents are more interested in studying dokkai and with this technique can increase activity, learning motivation, sense of responsibility, independence and confidence, sense of cooperation, ideas or opinions, and the atmosphere is more fun because of a close relationship with fellow friends.

Keywords: Dokkai, Conventional Learning Method, Brainstorming Technique