FAUZI PATHA MUFTHI 09226001 3C OVERVIEW The objective of English teaching at senior high school is the ability to speak

English. But in the reality, so many students are not able to speak. Commonly the students only have capability in grammar, reading and writing. Many teachers use conventional teaching techniques which only have the same way in each section of teaching English. In grammar class, reading class, writing class, and speaking class the teaching learning process only run in one way, from teacher to students. The students just listen what the teacher say. There are no interaction among the teacher and all students in the classroom. The suitable technique is needed in order to make the students be motivated in speaking English in the classroom and out of classroom. Based on the problem above the writer supposes that the group discussion be suitable technique in teaching speaking. It also makes the students in the teaching and learning process can be active. If the students are active in the learning process, the learning process will be effective. As we know that one of the characteristic of effective learning is the class active from the beginning to the end. The students are also enabled to speak, expressing their own ideas and feelings freely, and to pursue and finish out their thoughts. As a result, the effective teaching-learning process is needed in order to achieve the goal of the teaching-learning process. As we know that the goals of teaching of speaking are that the students have ability in pronouncing sound in English, using word or phrase, using sentences and using expression. So, the writer is going to write a research paper titled The Analysis Of Group Discussion Toward The Speaking Ability Of The Third Grade Student Of English Department Of Stkip Garut.