Lumbung Pustaka UNY: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. 2024-03-29T04:35:57ZEPrintshttp://eprints.uny.ac.id/apw_template/images/sitelogo.pnghttps://eprints.uny.ac.id/2013-01-08T04:24:53Z2019-01-29T18:03:06Zhttp://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/9328This item is in the repository with the URL: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/93282013-01-08T04:24:53ZEFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE SPEAKING ABILITY TO THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SD N JOGOMANGSAN II YOGYAKARTA THROUGH ROLE PLAYS
IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2011/2012The objective of the research is to improve the speaking ability of the fifth
grade students of SD N Jogomangsan II Yogyakarta in the academic year of
2011/2012 by implementing role plays.
This is action research. The participants of the research were the 5th grade
students of SD N Jogomangsan II Yogyakarta while the research members were
the English teacher, the collaborator and the school principal. The research steps
consisted of reconnaissance, planning, action, observation, and reflection. To deal
with the problems, the researcher implemented some role plays which were
divided into individual role plays and interactive role plays. The role plays were
started from defining objectives, choosing context and roles, introducing the
excercise until the role play itself. After all of that steps, the researcher concluded
discussion and made assesment. The researcher also used simple classroom
English during the teaching and learning process to make the students familiar
with English in the speaking learning process.The data were collected through
observation in the English teaching and learning process and interview with the
research members. The instruments for collecting the data are observation
guidelines and interview guidelines. The data, in the form of field notes and
interview transcripts were analyzed qualitatively.
The findings of this research show that the role plays were effective to
improve the students’ speaking ability by implementing individual and interactive
role plays to improve students’ pronunciation.KUNJONO KUNJONO