Sharpening Speaking Activity In Intercultural Communication At TOEFL Clinic Community

Intercultural communication is an interaction to share information between people from different cultural backgrounds. Intercultural communication is important for learners to achieve effective and appropriate communication in the globalized community. In this case, English has become the most dominant language to communicate. The process of learning a second or foreign language not only requires an individual to practice linguistics forms but also necessities becoming familiar with the culture of the target language to interpret intercultural communication. Intercultural communication is one of the effective ways to sharpen speaking activity and develop language proficiency. This research aimed to find out students’ perspectives on Intercultural Communication activity in honing students’ speaking ability. Furthermore, the purpose of this research is also to identify the process of speaking activity in Intercultural Communication. The method of this research was descriptive qualitative. The population of the research was five students from the English Department of IAIN Langsa who have joined the Intercultural Peering Discussion activity with the students from Monash University. The researcher used interview to collect the data. This reseach found that the activity had a significant impact on developing students’ self-confidence and improving speaking ability. Discussing with foreigners encourages the students to purse their dreams to study abroad and improves language proficiency