eprintid: 20486 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 1270 dir: disk0/00/02/04/86 datestamp: 2015-06-12 06:12:32 lastmod: 2019-01-29 23:31:23 status_changed: 2015-06-12 06:12:32 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Susilawati, Rr. Ery title: IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL USING DRAMA AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF LANGUAGE CLASS OF MAN YOGYAKARTA II IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/ 2013 ispublished: pub subjects: E4 divisions: fbs_jurdik_inggris_pend_bahasa_inggris full_text_status: public keywords: speaking skill, drama, MAN abstract: This study is action research, which aim to improve the speaking skill of the eleventh grade students at MAN Yogyakarta II using drama. In conducting the study, the researcher involved the English teacher, the school principal and the students of grade XI of Language Class. The subjects of the study were 19 students of grade XI of Language Class of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Yogyakarta II in the academic year of 2012/2013. The researcher got the data by observing the teaching learning process during the implementation of the action, taking video of the teaching and learning process in the class, interviewing the students of grade XI of Language Class, and holding discussions with the English teacher. In collecting the data, interviews, observation and documentations were used as the techniques. The instrument of the research for collecting the data was a video recorder. In this study, the researcher conducted two cycles of actions. The results of this study showed that the implementation of drama technique is effective to improve students’ speaking skill. Its cooperative and systematic learning structures motivate students to learn speaking, promote students’ self-confidence in speaking practice and maximize students’ interaction during the learning process. The students’ speaking skill also increases after they tried to learn speaking through drama technique. They were more confident and enthusiastic in speaking practice. This implies that the implementation of drama technique gave positive effects to the improvement of students’ performance and achievement in the speaking learning process. date: 2013-08-25 date_type: published institution: Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta department: Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris thesis_type: skripsi citation: Susilawati, Rr. Ery (2013) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL USING DRAMA AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF LANGUAGE CLASS OF MAN YOGYAKARTA II IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/ 2013. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta. document_url: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/20486/1/Rr.%20Ery%20Susilawati%2007202244090.pdf