Arokhah, Rulia Nur (2012) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PRACTICE USING PICTURES IN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES AT GRADE EIGHT OF SMP N 2 BANTUL IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2011/2012. S1 thesis, FBS UNY.
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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING PRACTICE USING PICTURES IN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES AT GRADE EIGHT OF SMP N 2 BANTUL IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2011/2012 By Rulia Nur Arokhah 07202244113 ABSTRACT This study is an action research study that is aimed at improving students’ speaking practice by using pictures in interactive activities at grade eight of SMP N 2 Bantul in the academic year of 2011/2012. This study consisted of two cycles. The procedures of the study were reconnaissance, planning, action and observation, and reflection. The members of this study were the researcher, the English teacher and the students of class VIIIA of SMP N 2 Bantul in the academic year of 2011/2012. The data of this study were qualitative data. The data were obtained through observations, interviews with the English teacher and the students, questionnaires, and photographs. The instruments of the research were observation sheets, interview guidelines, questionnaire sheets, a mobile phone, and a digital camera. The data were in form of field notes, interview transcripts, and photographs. The validity of the data was obtained by the democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity, and dialogic validity. The findings of the study showed that the use of pictures in interactive activities was proved to be effective to improve the students’ speaking practice. The pictures were able to attract the students to focus in the speaking lesson. The pictures could build the students’ ideas so they could be motivated to speak English. The implementation of pictures in interactive activities could improve the students’ confidence and chances to practice speaking in the class. Speaking practice could improve the students’ speaking ability in fluency and accuracy though the grammatical accuracy in speaking did not increase maximally. The indicators of the success of the implementation were that: (1) the students were not afraid and shy to speak English; (2) the students were more enthusiastic in doing speaking activities; and (3) the students were more active to speak English in the class.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| 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: | 01 Dec 2016 01:42 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2019 12:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/44092 |
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