Lumbung Pustaka UNY: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. 2024-03-29T14:36:35ZEPrintshttp://eprints.uny.ac.id/apw_template/images/sitelogo.pnghttps://eprints.uny.ac.id/2015-06-03T01:31:22Z2019-01-29T23:04:36Zhttp://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/19801This item is in the repository with the URL: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/198012015-06-03T01:31:22ZIMPROVING STUDENT’S SPEAKING SKILL OF THE 4th GRADE STUDENTS OF SD NEGRI 1 SEWON IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014 THROUGH ROLE PLAY ACTIVITIESThis action research study aims to improve the speaking competence of Grade IV students of SD Negri 1 Sewon, Bantul, using the role play activities in the academic year 2013/2014
This action research study involved 21 students of class IV, SD Negri 1 Sewon, Bantul. This was qualitative in nature. The researcher collaborated with the English teacher in implementing the actions. The research steps were research finding, planning, action and observation, and reflection. The data of this study were mostly qualitative although there were some quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the actions and interviewing students, while the quantitative data were obtained by giving the pre and post speaking tests. The data were in the form of fieldnotes, interview transcripts, and test scores.
The results of this study show that the implementation of role play activities in the speaking class was effective to improve students‟ English speakingskill made the students become more eager in their learning process and it will cause English speaking skill to be mastered by students in a comfortable way. It can be shown by the improving scores from pre-test to post-test which are from 58,472 to 86,727 respectively. This implies that the implementation ofrole play gives positive effects to the improvement of students‟ performance and achievement in the teaching and learning process.Dini Susanti Tri Yanuartin