Using 3-D animation movies as media to improve the speaking ability of the students at yaspa english training (YET) course, Trenggalek / Prilla Lukis Wediyantoro
| Main Author: | Wediyantoro, Prilla Lukis |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2010
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/10877/ |
Daftar Isi:
- ABSTRACTWediyantoroPrillaLukis.2009.Using3-DAnimationMoviesasMediatoImprovetheSpeakingAbilityoftheStudentsatYASPAEnglishTraining(YET)CourseTrenggalek.ThesisEnglishDepartmentFacultyofLettersStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorDrs.MurdibjonoM.A.KeyWordsspeakingskillmovie3-D(three-dimensional)movie.InIndonesiaEnglishhasbeentaughtsincethefourthgradeofelementaryschool.EveninsomeschoolsincitiesEnglishhasbeentaughtsincekindergarten.NeverthelessmostIndonesianstudentsstilllacktheabilitytospeakandsodothestudentsatYASPAEnglishTraining(YET)CourseTrenggalek.InspeakingclassestheteachersofYETusuallygiveadialogueofacertaintopic.Thenthestudentsaretopracticeandmemorizethedialoguewiththeirfriendsandfinallypresentthedialogueinfrontoftheclassinturn.Byusingthistechniquethemasteryofvocabularyforsomestudentsincreasesbuttheclassisusuallydominatedonlybysomeactivestudentswhiletheothersfeeldepressedeitherbecausetheyarenotgoodatmemorizingdialoguesorbecausetheyfeelshyiftheyhavetomakemistakesinfrontoftheclass.Fortheactiveandsmartstudentsitseemsthatthiskindoftaskiseasyandtheycanfollowtheclasswellbuttheweaknessisthattheyarejustabletospeakupthesentencesinthegivendialogues.Itisdifficultforthemtoproducetheirownsentences.Theactivitywasbegunbythewatchingthe3-Danimationmoviewhichwasappropriateforjuniorhighschoolstudentswhowereimaginativeandthenfollowedbyansweringtheresearchersquestionsanddescribingpicturesofthecharactersfromthemovie.Thenextactivitywasthewatchingofthecontinuationofthesamemovieandfollowedbyretellingstorythestudentsweretoretellwhathappenedinthemovie.Andthelastactivitywasthewatchingofthecontinuationofthesamemovieagainandfollowedbystorycompletionactivitystudentsweretocreatetheendingofthestoryorallybasedontheirownversion.Thoseactivitiesinvolvedgroupworkandwholeclassdiscussioninwhichthestudentsweregivenchancesasmuchaspossibletoexpresstheirideasbasedonthe3-Danimationmovietheywatched.Inbothpreliminarystudyandtheimplementationofthe3-Danimationmoviestrategythestudentswereassessedbyusingtwoassessments.Thoseweretheassessmentofthestudentsattitudeandtheassessmentofthestudentsspeakingability.Fromtheresultoftheresearchitwasfoundoutthattherewasasignificantprogressbetweenintermsofthestudentsattitudeandthestudentsspeakingability.Inthepreliminarystudythetotalaveragescoresof13outof22students(59.09%)were3.Thereforetheresearcherdecidedthatthesuccessofthisresearchwouldbegainedif880570%ofthestudents(15outof22students)gotthetotalaveragescores88053.Aftertheimplementationofthe3-Danimationmoviestrategyitwasproventhat18outof22studentsgotthetotalaveragescores88053.Toconcludethe3-Danimationmoviestrategyisoneoftheappropriatestrategiestosolvethestudentsprobleminspeakingbecauseaftertheimplementationofthe3-Danimationmoviestrategytheresultisquitesurprising.ThisstrategycanstimulatethestudentstospeakEnglishwell.ThestudentswhoareusuallyactivebecomemoreactiveandthestudentswhoareusuallypassiveinspeakingclassbecomeactiveandconfidenttoexpresstheirideasinEnglishorally.Itcanhappenbecausethestrategytheresearcherappliesisinterestingforthem.Theactivitiesarefunandexciting.BasedontheresultofthisresearchitissuggestedthattheteachersofYASPAEnglishTraining(YET)Courseapplythismodelasoneofthealternativemodelstobeusedinteachingspeakingandtointroducethe3-DanimationmoviestrategytoformalEnglishteachersinordertoimprovethespeakingabilityofthestudentsinformalschools.Itisalsoadvisableforthefutureresearchersthattheyconductsimilarresearchesonspeakinginothersettingsandinotherlearninginstitutionstofigureoutwhetherornotthestrategycanbeusedinordertosolvethestudentsspeakingabilityproblems.