IMPROVING THE SPEAKING SKILLS OF THE VIII GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 3 MERTOYUDAN THROUGH COMIC STRIPS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

Febriyanti, Christina Berlian (2014) IMPROVING THE SPEAKING SKILLS OF THE VIII GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 3 MERTOYUDAN THROUGH COMIC STRIPS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This research is aimed at improving grade VIII students’ speaking skills by using comic strips in SMP N 3 Mertoyudan in the academic year of 2013/ 2014. This research was action research which was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of two meetings. The steps of this research were reconnaissance, planning, conducting action, observation, and reflection. The data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process, interviewing the students and collaborators, and taking pictures of the teaching and learning process. The results of the study are as follows. Firstly, there were some improvements on students’ fluency, grammatical accuracy, pronunciation accuracy, and vocabulary after implementing the use of comic strips in the both cycles. In term of students’ fluency, the total score improved from 101 or 69.65% to 118 or 81.83%. In addition, there were improvements of the students’ grammatical accuracy from 87 or 60% to 116 or 80%. After conducting both cycles, the students’ pronunciation accuracy improved from 93 or 64.14% to 119 or 82.07%.The improvement was also achieved by the students from 99 or 68.27% to 119 or 82.07% in term ofvocabulary mastery. Furthermore, most of the students showed their willingness and motivation in the speaking practices. It was proved by the students’ involvement in the speaking learning process. They could voluntarily answer the teacher’s questions and perform their speaking. Secondly, an improvement on the students’ speaking ability was also obtained by the researcher’s assessment on cycle 1 and cycle 2. The different results between the speaking test in cycle 1 and the speaking test in cycle 2 showed that the students got an improvement related to their speaking skill. There was an improvement on students’ speaking skill as displayed in the increase of the mean score from 13.1 (cycle 1) to 16.17 (cycle 2).

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: speaking, comic strips, smp
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: 03 Jun 2015 01:25
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2019 23:04
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/19797

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