Using credit point system to promote students' motivation in oral participation in English classes at SMP 1 Malang / Rofida Widiyatmika
| Main Author: | Widiyatmika, Rofida |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
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, 2009
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/10887/ |
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- ABSTRACTWidiyatmikaRofida.2008.UsingCreditPointSystemtoPromoteStudentsMotivationinOralParticipationinEnglishClassesatSMP1Malang.ThesisEnglishDepartmentFacultyofLettersStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorDr.NurMukminatienM.Pd.Keywordscreditpointsystemmotivationoralparticipation.SpeakingasanorallanguageisoneoftheimportantEnglishskillswhichisconsideredessentialtobetaughtinthisglobalizationerainwhichcommunicationtakesanimportantroleininformationworld.Speakingisaproductiveskillthereforethestudentsarerequiredtoproducesamplesofthelanguage.HoweverinrealitythestudentshardlyspeakactivelyintheirEnglishclassestheytendtobeveryquietandbepassivelisteners.Thismaybecausedbymanypsychologicalfactorssuchasfearofmakingmistakesshynessandlowmotivation.ItisalsopossiblethatitiscausedbyexternalfactorssuchasthelackofspeakingopportunitytopracticeEnglishbothinsideandoutsidetheclassroom.Thereforeteachersasfacilitatorsandmotivatorsshouldfindwaystoencouragetheirstudentstospeak.Onealternativeofthewaysisbyusingcreditpointsystem.Itisasystemwhereteachersgivecertainpointstothestudentsduringtheteachingandlearningprocessinwhichthepointsareaccumulatedattheendofthestudyasaconsiderationofthefinalscore.ThisstudyisintendedtofindouthowcreditpointsystemcanencouragethestudentstogiveoralparticipationactivelyintheirEnglishclasses.Creditpointsystemisoneformofrewards.Ithasbeenfoundthatrewardwhichisasourceofexternalmotivatorscanincreaseintrinsicmotivation.Asanextrinsicmotivatorrewardisstilleffectiveandapplicabletobeusedineducationalsetting.Thisstudyusesclassroomactionresearch.Thesubjectsofthestudyare40studentsofclassVIIIAinSMP1MalangandtheEnglishteacherwhoperformsasthecollaborator.Ittakesfourmeetingswhicharecoveredintwocycles.Thedataaretakenfromtheobservationandtheinformalinterviewswiththeteacherandsomestudentsinrandomandanalyzeddescriptively.Therearetwocriteriaofsuccessengagedinthisstudyfirst75%ofthestudentsparticipateineachmeetingandsecond100%ofthestudentshavetakentheopportunitytospeakatleastonceinthecyclesduringthestudy.BasedontheresultofthestudyitisfoundoutthatafterbeingtreatedwiththecreditpointsystemstrategythestudentsareencouragedtospeakintheirEnglishclasses.Theyareactivelyinvolvedinoralparticipationduringtheteachingandlearningprocess.Theresultofthestudyshowsthetwocriteriaofsuccessarewellachievedwhichmeansthatthecreditpointsystemhasmotivatedthemtoparticipate.InconclusionthestrategyofcreditpointsystemappliedinthisstudyhassucceededinsolvingthestudentsproblemingivingoralparticipationintheirEnglishclasses.Toincreasetheirenthusiasmmoreitissuggestedthattheresultofthepointswhichhavebeencollectedandthestudentswhoobtainsthehighestpointsareannouncedtothem.Allowingthestudentstoknowtheirtotalpointsandtoknowthetopscorerofthepointsisdirectedtomotivatethemtoparticipatemore.Howevertokeepawayfromthehabitofmotivatingthestudentstowardwinningaprizeorexpectingsomethingforwhattheyhavedonethepointsshouldbegivenonlyintheinitialstagesoftheprogram.Oncethestudentshavedonethedesiredactsthepointsshouldbeerased.