IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH ROLE PLAY AT GRADE XI AT TRAVEL TOURISM PROGRAM OF SMK N 6 YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

Susilo, Beauty Kharismawati (2014) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH ROLE PLAY AT GRADE XI AT TRAVEL TOURISM PROGRAM OF SMK N 6 YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

The objective of the research was to improve the eleventh grade students’ English speaking skill of SMK N 6 Yogyakarta at Travel Tourism Program in the academic year of 2013/2014 with the use of role play techniques. It expected that role play can improve the students’ speaking English skill. Based on the observation, there were some problems in the teaching and learning of speaking. To solve those problems, the researcher implemented role play as a speaking activity. The research was carried out through action research that consisted of two cycles. The researcher collaborated with the English teacher in implementing the actions and an observer. The data were in the forms of qualitative and quantitative. The data qualitative were in the forms of field notes, interview transcripts, questionnaire and photographs. The quantitative data were obtained from the test results of pre-test, post-test 1 and post-test 2, and also questionnaire data. The procedures of the research were reconnaissance, planning, actions, and reflection. The validity of the data was obtained by applying the democratic validity, process validity and outcome validity, catalytic validity and dialogic validity. Meanwhile, the reliability, in this research was using interrater reliability. In addition, the researcher used time triangulation, research triangulation and investigation triangulation. The research finds that: (1) the use role play can improve the students speaking skill and can help them to speak confidently, (2) the use of role play can give the students more chances for practicing speaking, and therefore the students can lose their fears of making mistakes and be more confident, (3) the use of role play can improve the students’ fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary and accuracy.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: speaking, role play, SMK
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: 12 Jun 2015 02:46
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2019 23:28
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/20414

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