@phdthesis{UNY20464,
          school = {Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta},
            year = {2013},
           month = {June},
           title = {IMPROVING THE SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF MTs N 1 MLATI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013},
          author = {Ira Pratiwi},
        keywords = {speaking skill, communicative activities, MTs},
        abstract = {The objective of the study is to improve the speaking skill through communicative activities of the second grade students of MTs N 1 Mlati in the academic year of 2012/2013. 
This study was an action research study consisting of two cycles. The research was carried out the second semester of academic year of 2012/2013 from February to March 2013. It involved the researcher, English teacher, and students. The participants of this research were 35 students of VIII D class of MTs N 1 Mlati in the academic year of 2012/2013. The data were collected through observation and interview the students of grade VIIID and the English teacher. The data were in form of field note, interview transcript, and pictures. The research instruments for collecting data were interview guidelines and a camera. 
To overcome the problems, some actions were implemented such as group work activity, role-play, discussion, and storytelling and also some accompanying actions (i.e. using audio-visual media, asking students to perform in front of the class, giving feedback on the students? pronunciation). In this study, the researcher conducted two cycles of the actions. The result of Cycle I showed that the implementation of communicative activities, i.e. group work activity, role-play, the students? speaking skill increased. However, in the first time, the implementation of group work was not successful because there were not many students actively engaged in the activities. In addition, the role-play which required students in making dialogue based on the situation was less successful because there were many students who got some difficulties in vocabulary and pronunciation. Therefore, the researcher improved that action in Cycle 2 by giving different responsibility to accomplish the activity. Meanwhile, it was shown that the result of the implementation of different communicative activities (i.e. discussion and storytelling) and other accompanying actions (i.e. using audio-visual media, asking the students to perform in front of the class, giving feedback) were successful in improving the speaking skill of the second grade students of MTs N 1 Mlati.},
             url = {http://eprints.uny.ac.id/20464/}
}