%0 Thesis
%9 S1
%A Agung Buono, Muhammad
%B Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
%D 2016
%F UNY:39652
%I Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
%K speaking skills, structured role play
%T IMPOVING SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH USING STRUCTURED ROLE PLAY OF GRADE VIIIB STUDENTS AT SMP NEGERI 1 PIYUNGAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2014/ 2015
%U http://eprints.uny.ac.id/39652/
%X The  objective  of this  research  was  to  improve  Grade  VIIIB  students’  speaking skills by using structured role play technique at SMPN 1 Piyungan.  It was an action  research  study  which  consisted  of  two  cycles.  The  researcher worked collaboratively with the English teacher, the students, and the  collaborators.  The subjects  of  the  research  were  students  of  VIIIB at SMPN  1 Piyungan in the academic  year of 2014/2015. The data collected were qualitative and quantitative.  The qualitative data  were  collected  by  observing the  teaching  and learning process, and interviewing the students, the teacher and the collaborators. The data were in the form of field notes, interview transcripts, and photographs. The quantitative data were  collected  through  assessing  the  students’  speaking  performance  in the form of speaking tests. In analyzing the data, the researcher used two methods, the qualitative method and the quantitative method.  The results of this research showed that the use of structured role play technique with some appropriate activities was successful to improve the students’ speaking skills. Based on the qualitative data sources, structured role play made the lesson more interesting. Furthermore, the students had adequate chances to speak and got an improvement in speaking skills. In addition, they had more courage to speak. Based on  the  quantitative  data,  the  students’  mean  scores  improved from 8.65 in the pre-test to 17.23 in the post-test. The normalized gain score from the pre-test to the post-test was 0.52 which was categorized as medium improvement.