An Analysis of Communication Style Used by Male and Female Undergraduate Students

Anna Nadhifatul Ilmiah, Ima Isnaini Taufiqur Rohmah, Ayu Fitrianingsih

Abstract


The variation in communication styles used by male and female do not occur without any reason, the original characters of both genders are affects the way they communicate. It happened due to the habits that both genders carry out when they communicate. This research aimed to know the communication styles used by male and female undergraduate student and figure out the relation of communication styles used by male and female undergraduate students in affecting their communication ability in public speaking course. The researcher developed a case-study research using qualitative method to get the research. Direct observation and questionnaire used to collect the data in this research. The research participants are the second years students of English Education Department of IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro years 2023/2024. The results of this research showed that male undergraduate students mostly used assertive communication style while female undergraduate students mostly used passive-aggressive communication style. On the other hand the undergraduate students that used assertive communication style are tend to have a good speaking ability in public speaking course.
Keywords—Communication Styles, Gender Communication, Speaking Ability

abstrak—Keragaman gaya berkomunikasi yang digunakan oleh laki-laki dan perempuan tidak terbentuk tanpa alasan, karakter-karakter alami dari kedua gender mempengaruhi cara mereka berkomunikasi. Hal ini terjadi karena kebiasaan yang dibawa oleh kedua gender ketika mereka berkomunikasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gaya berkomunikasi yang digunakan oleh mahasiswa laki-laki dan perempuan dan untuk memahami pengaruh gaya berkomunikasi yang digunakan oleh mahasiswa laki-laki dan perempuan pada kemampuan berbicara mereka dalam mata kuliah public speaking. Peneliti mengembangkan penelitian studi kasus dengan menggunakan metode penelitian qualitative untuk mendapatkan data penelitian. Observasi langsung, dan angket atau kuesioner digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data pada penelitian ini. Peserta pada penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa tahun kedua dari jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro tahun 2023/2024. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa laki-laki kebanyakan menggunakan gaya berkomunikasi assertive, sementara mahasiswa perempuan cenderung menggunakan gaya berkomunikasi passive-aggressive. Di sisi lain, mahasiswa yang menggubakan gaya berkomunikasi assertive cenderung memiliki kemampuan berbicara yang bagus.
Kata kunci— Gaya Berkomunikasi, Komunikasi Gender, Kemampuan Berbicara

Keywords


Communication Styles, Gender Communication, Speaking Ability

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