<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL\r\nTHROUGH COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES\r\nFOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 4\r\nSRAGEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012"^^ . "IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH\r\nCOMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE SEVENTH GRADE\r\nSTUDENTS OF SMP N 4 SRAGEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF\r\n2011/2012\r\nHelinda Jasinthawati\r\nNIM 07202244106\r\nABSTRACT\r\nThe objective of the research was to improve the students’ speaking skill\r\nthrough communicative activities.\r\nThis research was held in SMP N 4 Sragen from April to May 2012. The\r\nsubjects of the research were the students of class VII A in SMP N 4 Sragen that\r\nconsisted of 24 students. This research is action research in nature. The researcher\r\nconducted the research collaboratively with the English teacher of class VII A.\r\nThe data were collected through giving the pre-test and the post-test,\r\nquestionnaire, observations and interviews with the students and the English\r\nteacher, photographs and doing the research procedure (reconnaissance, planning,\r\naction and observation, and evaluation and reflection). The instruments of the\r\nresearch were the questionnaire, observation checklist, interview checklist, pretest\r\nand post-test, and camera. This research used descriptive qualitative analysis\r\ntechnique which was supported by quantitative data. The qualitative data were\r\nobtained by observing the teaching and learning process and interviewing the\r\nEnglish teacher and the students of class VII A. The qualitative data were in the\r\nforms of field notes and interview transcripts that were analyzed based on the\r\nqualitative data analysis. While the quantitative data were obtained by giving the\r\npre-test, progress test and post-test to measure the students’ speaking\r\nperformance. The quantitative data were in the forms of the students’ speaking\r\nperformance scores.\r\nThe findings showed that the use of communicative activities in this research\r\nsuccessfully improved the students’ speaking skills. The improvements covered:\r\n1) the students started to speak English during the teaching and learning process,\r\n2) the students could contribute in the speaking activities, 3) the students’\r\nmotivation, involvement and self confidence to speak English also improved, and\r\n4) and there was an improvement in the students' pronunciation, grammar,\r\nvocabulary and fluency in speaking English. The result of the students’ speaking\r\nskill can also be seen from the score of the students’ speaking performance. The\r\nstudents’ speaking performance was scored in the pre-test, progress test and posttest.\r\nIn the pre-test, progress test and post-test, they were scored by performing\r\nspeaking individually. The average score of the students’ speaking skill in the pretest\r\nwas 49.25, in the progress test of Cycle 1 was 60.50, and in the post-test was\r\n82.25."^^ . "2012-12-18" . . . "FBS UNY"^^ . . . "Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, FBS UNY"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Helinda"^^ . "Jasinthawati"^^ . "Helinda Jasinthawati"^^ . . . . . . "IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL\r\nTHROUGH COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES\r\nFOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 4\r\nSRAGEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 (Text)"^^ . . . "Helinda Jasinthawati_07202244106.pdf"^^ . . . "IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL\r\nTHROUGH COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES\r\nFOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 4\r\nSRAGEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL\r\nTHROUGH COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES\r\nFOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 4\r\nSRAGEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL\r\nTHROUGH COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES\r\nFOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 4\r\nSRAGEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL\r\nTHROUGH COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES\r\nFOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 4\r\nSRAGEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL\r\nTHROUGH COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES\r\nFOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 4\r\nSRAGEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012 (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #44016 \n\nIMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL \nTHROUGH COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES \nFOR THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 4 \nSRAGEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris"@en . .