%I FBS UNY
%T The Implementation of Communication Strategies in the English Speaking
Class of the Eight Grade Students of SMP 1 Sleman
%D 2011
%L UNY44951
%X The Implementation of Communication Strategies in the English Speaking
Class of the Eight Grade Students of SMP 1 Sleman
by
Dewi Agus Damayanti
04202241033
Abstract
This study aimed at finding what types of communication strategies, how
and why those strategies are implemented in English speaking skill of class VIII A
of SMP 1 Sleman. This class is a bilingual class where the students also get E
nglish input from Mathematics and Science class.
This research involves the students of Class VIII A, four students were
chosen to be the interviewees to get a deeper data about the implementation of
communication strategies in this class. The data were obtained by observing the
teaching and learning process which focused on speaking class, interviewing the
students in Class VIII A, and conducting oral interview tasks with the class VIII A
students. The instruments used for collecting data were a video camera, a tape
recorder, a camera, an observation sheet, interview guidelines and oral interview
tasks. The data were in the form of field note, interview transcripts, oral interview
transcripts, photographs, audio visual data, and audio records. The data to be
analyzed were taken from the field notes, interview transcripts, and oral interview
transcripts.
The results indicate that various types of communication strategies were
implemented by the students in their speaking class. The research findings also
reveal that the students implemented these communication strategies in
appropriate and inappropriate ways. The resource-deficit problem is the main
reason why students employed the communication strategies
Key words: communication strategies, speaking, communicative
competence
%A Dewi Agus Damayanti
%K communication strategies, speaking, communicative
competence