Interpersonal Communication of Public Speaking in Building Personal Resilience of Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Students

Public speaking is one of the communication competencies that need to be developed by every individual, including Madrasah Ibdtidaiyah students. The researcher found one of the public Islamic schools in the South Jakarta area that focuses on developing public speaking classes for its students. The objectives of this research are to find out the reasons for the development of personal resilience of MI students carried out in interpersonal communication; then to know the interpersonal communication used through public speaking classes in building the personal resilience of MI students. The researchers also used in-depth interviews, observations, and literature studies. The findings of this study include the process of developing the personal resilience of MI students is carried out so that students can show the trans internalization of the character values that are formed. As a form of personal resilience, students can excel in various public speaking competitions; then the process of interpersonal communication of students consists of the stages of transformation, transaction, and trans internalization of the values of leadership, adaptive, courageous, and confident. This is shown through verbal and non-verbal messages to tutors, parents, and teachers.