Wulandari, Riesty (2012) THE USE OF PICTURES TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY OF XI IS 2 OF SMA N 1 KASIHAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2011/2012. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This research is aimed at improving the students’ speaking ability of XI IS 2 of SMA N 1 Kasihan in in the academic year of 2011/2012. This research is an action research. The research followed the principles of the action research procedures. It tried to find the actual problems in the field and tried to solve them collaboratively. The researcher worked together with other research team members, such as the English teacher and the students of class XI IS 2 in SMA N 1 Kasihan. The research process consists of identifying the field problems, selecting the field problems based on the feasibility to be solved, and conducting objective analysis. In planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting the actions, the researcher worked collaboratively with the English teacher and the students of class XI IS 2 of SMA N 1 Kasihan. The data were collected through observing the English teaching-learning process and interviewing the. The data in the form of scores were also collected by conducting the pre-test and post-test activities. The researcher and other research team members found three problems which were feasible to solve. The problems were the lack of facilities in presenting the materials, the lack of input activities in speaking and the lack of media to motivate the students in speaking. The actions to solve the problem were using Power Point program through a viewer to present the material, applying listening activity in speaking lesson and using pictures to help the students to speak. Those actions gave positive results. Firstly, the students were more motivated and more interested in involving the English lesson. Secondly, the students’ fluency, pronunciation, accuracy and vocabulary were increasing. Thirdly, it was easier for the students to perform speaking by using pictures. The students’ average pre-test score was 5.64 while the students’ average post-test score was 7.35. The result shows that there was an improvement of the students’ speaking ability. It can be concluded that using pictures can effectively improve the students’ speaking ability.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | pictures, improve, speaking ability, SMA |
| 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: | 31 Aug 2015 04:28 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2019 03:10 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/25675 |
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