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ABTRACT Aulia fikrina, 2315.017, THE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE ADVANTAGES OF GROUP DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING SPEAKING AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE IN SMAN 1 VII KOTO SUNGAI SARIK, A thesis, State Islamic Institute Bukittinggi, 2021 This research was due to some problems that were found at11th grade of SMAN 1 VII Koto. First, some students said that they think the group discussion was good for them to improve their speaking skill. Second, the researcher found that some students do not really cooperate in the group discussion. the reseacher used descriptive quantitative reseach to describe the phenomena of students’ perception toward the advantages of group discussion in speaking. The population of this research was all the students at eleventh grade in SMAN I VII KOTO SUNGAI SARIK. The sample of this research was 38 students that was chosen randomly. Then, 20 items questionnaire was used as the instrument of the research. This research used closed questionnaire in which the respondent has tochoose/check one or more responses of the presented variants ofanswering. Based on the results of the study, students' perceptions of the benefits of group discussion techniques in teaching speaking in class XI SMAN 1 VII Koto Sungai Sarik are related to understanding, critical thinking, personal growth, communication skills, group skills and teamwork, self-direction learning abilities, 32 ,28% of respondents stated strongly agree, 59.76% of respondents agreed, 6.73% of respondents said neutral, 1.13% of respondents said they disagreed, and 0% of respondents said they disagreed Key terms: Perception, group discussion, and speaking