Learning Community as a Social Competence and a Tool in English Speaking Skill

Abstract

This article provides a succinct explanation of Learning Community as a Social Competence and a tool in English Speaking Skill. The specific concept that going to discuss including: (a) the meaning of learning community, (b) the benefits of the learning community, (c) the meaning of social competence, (d) the relationship between learning community and social competence, and (e) the relationship between learning community and speaking skill. In the end of the article, learning community as a tool for learning about social competence and English speaking skill for students. Through joining the learning community, students can build their emotional intelligence, adapt behavior, be responsible to others, and can improve the ability to speak English because in the learning community the role of educators is to provide the students’ need especially for establishing social competence and the ability to speak English. The existence of the learning community is very helpful for students because students can engage themselves to become confident people so that they are not ashamed to interact with other people. Students also can have enough fluency in their speaking because when they are joining the learning community, they will often have practice speaking English with their friends or their teacher. However, even though students are able to have many relationships to interact with other people, they will not misbehave because they already have enough level in their social competence.