Silva, Prucesia Kumara (2013) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH THE USE OF VIDEO CLIPS OF THE GRADE EIGHT STUDENTS OF SMP IT ABU BAKAR YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This study was aimed at investigating how the use of video clips could improve students’ speaking skills of the class VIII G students of SMP IT Abu Bakar Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2012/2013. This particular research was categorized as action research. The actions were implemented in two cycles based on the class schedule. This research involved the 30 students of class VIII G of SMP IT Abu Bakar Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2012/2013 and the English teacher as the research participants. The data of the study were in the forms of qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process of speaking, interviewing the students of class VIII G and the English teacher, holding discussions with the collaborator, and taking pictures and video recording. Meanwhile, the quantitave data were acquired through pre-test, post-test, and speaking tasks. The validity of the data was obtained by applying democratic validity, dialogic validity, catalytic validity, process validity, and outcome validity. The research findings showed that the use of video clip as the teaching media combined with the use of speaking activities and classroom English was proven to be effective to improve the students’ speaking skills. It could draw students’ attention and increased their learning motivation. The students could have better understanding about the use of English in real situation since they got appropriate models of English through the native speakers’ talks. They also had adequate opportunities to practice speaking in order to speak fluently and confidently. The students who just gained 6.8 in the pre-test were able to increase their score up to 13.89 in the post-test. It indicated that they made a considerable improvement in some aspects of speaking skills such as fluency, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | speaking skills, video clips, SMP |
| Subjects: | Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2015 01:40 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2019 00:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/22501 |
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