A ROLE PLAY TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 PAGU-KEDIRI
| Main Author: | RAHMASARI, MITHALIA DIAN |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
http://eprints.umm.ac.id/21820/1/jiptummpp-gdl-mithaliadi-41949-1-pendahul-n.pdf http://eprints.umm.ac.id/21820/2/jiptummpp-gdl-mithaliadi-41949-2-chapteri.pdf http://eprints.umm.ac.id/21820/ |
Daftar Isi:
- This research was carried out based on the problems faced by the researcher when she did observation in SMP Negeri 1 Pagu-Kediri. The result of the preliminary study at the VII Grade showed that the students’ achievement in speaking was still unsatisfactory. Besides they had low involvement to participate in the speaking activities. To solve the problems, the technique called role-play technique was chosen. The problem of this research is “How to improve speaking English ability of the seventh grade students at SMP Negeri 1 Pagu-Kediri using role play technique.” The research used a collaborative action research design which was intended to improve both speaking ability and involvement in speaking activities. The subjects of this research were 40 students (VII B Grade) of SMP Negeri 1 Pagu-Kediri. This research was conducted in two cycles by following the procedure of action research, i.e. planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The data of this research study were obtained through speaking test, observation checklist and field notes at the end of the cycle. The findings of this research indicated that the role-play technique was successful in improving both the students’ speaking ability and the students’ involvement in speaking activities. The improvement could be seen from the increase of students’ mean scores and the students’ individual score percentage from preliminary study to Cycle 2. The students’ mean score had improved greatly from the students’ mean score of preliminary test which was 11.4 (12.5%) to the students’ mean score in Cycle 2 which was 19.4 and (80%) of students’ individual score achieved the score of greater than or equal to 16 or good level of total score in speaking tests.