Lumbung Pustaka UNY: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. 2024-03-29T01:51:48ZEPrintshttp://eprints.uny.ac.id/apw_template/images/sitelogo.pnghttps://eprints.uny.ac.id/2015-07-07T00:36:09Z2019-01-30T00:48:37Zhttp://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/22756This item is in the repository with the URL: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/227562015-07-07T00:36:09ZIMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH CUE CARDS MEDIA AT GRADE VIII OF MTsN ROWOKELE IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013This research was aimed at improving the students‟ speaking skills at grade VIII of MTsN Rowokele in the academic year of 2012/2013 through cue card media.
This research was grouped as an action research study. It consisted of two cycles. There were four phases that consisted of planning, acting and observing, and reflecting. In conducting the research, the researcher involved 24 students of VIIIA class, one English teacher as the collaborator and the researcher. The data were obtained from the observation, interviews and tests. They, in the form of field notes, interview transcripts and students‟ scores of pre- and post-test, were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The qualitative data were analyzed by adopting five steps of data analysis. They are assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretations and reporting the outcomes. The quantitative data were analyzed by comparing the students‟ mean scores in pre- and post-test. The validity of the data was accomplished by adopting democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity and dialogic validity.
The result of the research shows that the use of cue cards in combination with other accompanying actions i.e. use of classroom English, listening activity and games improved students‟ speaking skills. The improvements including the five aspects of speaking, namely, pronunciation (1.73), vocabulary (1.71), grammar (1.56), fluency (0.98) and sentence organization of descriptive text (1.62).Nasikhatun Listya Atika Farah