The researcher is about teaching English learning conducted on how teachers
managed group discussion at SMP Negeri 8 Hulu Sungai Tengah. The aim of this
research was that the researcher want to know about how teachers overcome the
difficulties in managing groups discussion.
A teacher at SMPN 8 Hulu Sungai Tengah was selected as the subject of this
study. The object of this study is the difficulties faced by teachers in managing group
discussion. To collect the data, the authors used several techniques such as questionnaires
and interviews as supporting data. Researcher use descriptive qualitative methods as
research methods, where researcher collect and analyze data without manipulation, then
take conclusions based on data analysis.
Based on the results, the researcher found how teachers managed discussion
groups at SMPN 8 Hulu Sungai Tengah. These are teacher set time limits to discourage
group from dawdling, plan for each stage of group work, carefully explain to the class how
the groups will operate and how students will be graded, and teacher check to see if the
groups have done the assignment properly.