Klafrina, Hani (2013) IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH COMMUNICATIVE GAMES AT CLASS XI A AUTOMOTIVE OF SMK YPPN SLEMAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
The objective of the research is to improve students’ speaking skills through communicative games of class XIA Automotive of SMK YPPN Sleman. This research is an action research study. The subjects of this research were 19 students of class XI A Automotive of SMK YPPN Sleman. The data were obtained through observations and interviews with the students and the collaborators. The data were in the forms of field notes and interview transcripts. In the support to the qualitative data, the quantitative data were obtained from the speaking tests. The communicative games that were implemented were 5. The actions were carried out in 2 cycles. 3 meetings were in cycle 1 and 4 meetings were cycle 2. There were supporting actions also applied, practicing vocabulary and pronunciation, maximizing the use of classroom English, giving handout for every topic, giving attention for trouble makers, and making simple rule in teaching and learning process in the class. The results of the research show that the students’ speaking skills improved; their vocabulary collections increased, their pronunciation got better. They were confident to speak English in the class to the teacher and to other students during the games. In addition, the classroom interaction also increased. The students could interact very well with other students, the teacher and the materials during the teaching and learning process of speaking. Their motivation to learn English also increased. They were very enthusiastic to join the English class. During the learning process, they actively participated. Those results show that the use of communicative games with its accompanying actions is effective to improve the teaching and learning process of speaking. Furthermore, the result of this research also shows that the improvement on the teaching and learning process affects the improvement on the students’ speaking ability. The students’ speaking ability was measured quantitatively by comparing the mean score of pre-test and post-test. The mean score of the students’ speaking test increases from 6.9 in the pre-test to 10.4 in the post-test. The increase of the students’ speaking skills is 3.5.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | speaking skills, communicative games, 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: | 19 Jun 2015 06:13 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 23:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/21047 |
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