Shabrina, Amalia Izzati Nur (2014) IMPROVING THE SPEAKING SKILLS OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 2 KALASAN YOGYAKARTA BY CUE CARDS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
The aim of this research was to improve the speaking skills of the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Kalasan by cue cards in the academic year of 2013/2014. This research was classified into action research which was conducted in two cycles with two meetings in the first cycle and two meetings in the second one. The main subjects of this research were 32 students of class VIII F at SMP N 2 Kalasan. The data obtained were qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were gained from the observations and the interviews with both the English teacher and the students. The data were transformed into vignettes and interview transcripts. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained from the speaking performance tests that were conducted before the action of implementation and at the end of every cycle. There were several validity principles applied in this research; they were democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity, and dialogic validity. Furthermore, to test the trustworthiness of the data, these two triangulation principles were implemented: time triangulation and investigator triangulation. There are four steps of the research procedure; they were reconnaissance, planning, action and observation, and reflection. The actions implemented in this research were implementing the cue cards as the media of teaching and learning process of speaking; giving more explanation related to pronunciations, grammatical rules, vocabulary, and some expressions; and providing activities that give the adequate opportunities for the students to speak more. The results of qualitative data of the research show that the implementation of the cue cards in the English teaching and learning process of speaking was effective to improve the students’ speaking skills. They made a good improvement fluency aspect during the speaking process. Moreover, their motivation and enthusiasm in learning English also improved. They spoke English without much encouragement. Furthermore, as supporting data, the research findings of quantitative data show the means of the students’ speaking scores in the pre-test and post-test that improved from 42.65 to 69.68.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | speaking skills, cue cards, smp n 2 kalasan |
| Subjects: | Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2015 01:36 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 22:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/18422 |
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