scholarly journals The Use of Role-Play to improve Ability Speaking at MTs Samarinda

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
Suma NIng Sih

The preliminary study in teaching speaking at MTs AlMuna Samarinda was not satisfied; the students were reluctant to speak English, were shy and not confident to express ideas orally, and were afraid of being ridiculed by their friends. Their speaking skills' average score was 63.06, and it was below the minimum passing grade, that is, 70. This study tried to improve the students' ability to speak through role-play. The action research was carried out in two stages. The instruments of the study are observation, documentation, and speaking test. The findings of the study show that role-play could improve the students' speaking ability. It was proven by improving their speaking skill, from 63.06 in the preliminary study up to 76.6 in cycle II.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 416
Author(s):  
Wulandari Wulandari ◽  
Dela Octavia Ayuningtias ◽  
Yana Yana

This research entitled the use of Role Play Technique to improve students’ speaking skill. The objective of the research is to improve Speaking skill using Role Play technique. This research used Classroom  Action Research. Role play can be trusted to help students speaking ability. The population of the research were the students at SMKN 3 Karawang in Academic years 2017 – 2018. The total population of students in this academic years is 300 Students. The number of sample was 30 students. The data was gathered from test and observation.  The average score of test was Cycle I 58.08 and Cycle II 58.06. After the implementation of Role Play activities in every cycle, the students’ speaking score were getting better. It can be seen from the result of students’ average score Cycle I was 83.07 and Cycle II was 77.08. It can be concluded that Role play can improve students’ speaking skill.Keywords: Role play, speaking, CAR


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-118
Author(s):  
Moh. Hadiri

This research is aimed at improving speaking skills of the eleventh graders ofSMK Hidayatul Mubtadien Sampang through acting-out student-made playscripts. This research employed Classroom Action Research. It is consists of 2cycles. Each cycle there were five meetings. Every cycle consists of fourphases in planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. This research begunwith the preliminary study to find the problems. There were 8 students or 33.33%of students in the class who achieved KKM. The low scores are supportedfrom interview to the English teacher and some students. The result are the studentswere not motivated, lacked vocabulary, afraid and shy of making mistakes, notenthusiastic, bored, the students seldom to perform in speaking activities, teachercentered,and the students were passive in the teaching and learning process. Theresult of the study showed that the speaking test in cycle 1 were 13 students or54.17% and speaking test in cycle 2 were 20 students or 83.33% students in theclass who achieved KKM and the result of fieldnotes are: interested, enthusiastic,spirit, high motivation, active, brave, confident, and enjoy in speaking activities,and the result of questionnaire that the response of the students were strong andvery strong category. It can be concluded that their speaking skill improved.Keywords: speaking skill, acting play scripts, improving


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yoniswan Yoniswan

The purpose of this study was to implement Role-Play method in improving English speaking abilities. This research is a classroom action research consisting of 2 cycles, each cycle consisting of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The study was conducted in eight grade semester I of 2016/2017 academic year at SMP Negeri 17 Bintan with a total of 34 research subjects. The data collection methods used in this study are performance tests and observations. Quantitative method is used as data analysis. The results showed an increase in English speaking skills through Role Play method, in the first cycle with an average score of 63.06 percentage of completeness 17.65%, increased in the second cycle with an average score of 75.65 percentage of completeness 85.29%. It was concluded that Role Play method can improve English speaking skills.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Andri Iswanto ◽  
Sela Anugrah

The study is aimed at describing the effectiveness of two stay and two stray in enhancing students’speaking ability. The paper is derived from the research result conducted among 30 students of SMK Budi Bakti Utama Padalarang. Classroom action research design with 2 cycles was applied to encourage students’ speaking skill. Observation checklist, fieldnote and speaking test instruments were used to catch on students’ progress (reflection and evaluation) . Observation was finished to see how clear the strategy was understood and performed by the leraners. Fieldnote aimed at jotting down success and restraint of the strategy usage and tes instrument was managed to assess the grading and scoring development whole the first and second cycles. Reflecting and evaluating were organized at the end of every cycle. Based on observation and fieldnote that the students’participation were getting upgraded in every cycle. Besides, the average score and grade at the end of 2 cycles were getting improved. Mean score of cycle 1 was 59.00, and cycle 2 was 65.00. It could be concluded that two stay and two stray strategy boosted speaking ability for English department students of SMK Budi Bakti Utama Padalarang in academic year 2018/2019.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Anggraini Anggraini

<p><span lang="EN-US">This research is an action research that aims to improve students' speaking skills using Youtube media. Discussing how Youtube as a learning medium can improve students' speaking skills. During the Covid 19 pandemic, formal schools are still carrying out the learning process online and only courses are allowed to study face-to-face because there are fewer students in one class, therefore this research was conducted in the Easy English course. Students' speaking ability on the Easy English course is still low especially at the level of children. English course students have difficulty in speaking skills. The students are bored with the old method of improving their speaking skills. The data were collected through speaking assessment and interview</span><span lang="EN-US">in classroom action research. The writer used Youtube video and students watched and practiced it. Each class consisted of 7 to 10 students, the writer made three cycles and gave a score for each cycle according to the speaking size. The results of the research point out that the students could improve their speaking skills by using Youtube videos. In the first cycle, the students' average score is 65 points, the second cycle is 75 points, and the last cycle is 85 points.</span></p>


Author(s):  
Syamsul Rizal ◽  
Azhari Fathurrohman

The teaching of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) speaking is necessary for university students to have basic skills of oral communication. Using teaching media in the teaching of EFL speaking might be beneficial to help students improve their speaking skills. As teaching media, video can offer audio and visual model of target language as complete stimuli. The aim of this research was to investigate the use of video as teaching media to improve the speaking skill of the first semester students of PGMI program of IAIH NW at Pancor. Based on the data of preliminary study, it was found that the students encountered many problems in their speaking class such as; the students had low motivation and reticence to speak, poor grammar and vocabulary, and had some errors in pronunciation.        With regard to the problem, this classroom action research was conducted to solve those problems occurring in the speaking class. This research was a collaborative action research in which a collaborator assisted the researcher to collect the data using speaking scoring rubric, questionnaire and field notes. This research was conducted in two cycles focusing on the improvement of the students’ speaking performance and their positive attitude to the implementation of the use of video as teaching media in the speaking class.        After the implementation of the use of video as teaching media in the speaking class for two cycles, it revealed that the use of video could improve the students’ speaking performance and give them positive attitude to the implementation activities. The findings showed that the average score of the students’ speaking performance could achieve 85.11 from the determined score 75. In addition, it was also found that 84.13 % of the students had positive attitude to the implementation of the use of video in the speaking class.        The implementation of the use of video as teaching media in speaking class can cover a procedure of three main phases: The first phase is pre-viewing, the second phase is whilst-viewing, and the third phase is post-viewing.        Based on the findings, it is concluded that the use of video as teaching media can be one of the solutions to improve not only the students’ speaking skills but also the their’ positive attitude in the teaching of speaking. Therefore, English teachers are suggested to use the video as teaching media to teach their students in speaking class and it is also possible to teach other language skills or components.  


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Budiarto Budiarto

The aim of this study is to convey in-depth research on improving English speaking skills as integrated skills assisted by audio visual. This research includes; 1) the process of improving English speaking skills as an integrated skill assisted by audio visual, and 2) the results of improving English speaking skills as integrated skills assisted by audio visual. The research method used is action research that implements teaching that is considered capable of improving the learning process which is automatically expected to improve the results achieved by students. The research found that role-play and story-telling are techniques that can be used to teach speaking speaking. Role-play and story-telling will not run smoothly when the teacher intervenes students’ activities too much. Students need to work on their own to become autonomous and independent learners so that they will have lots of activities to communicate using English.


Author(s):  
Putri Denaya Side Ayu ◽  
Heri Hidayatullah ◽  
Sri Ariani

This Collaborative Classroom Action Research aimed at enhancing students’ speaking skill through the application of Circle Game. It was conducted in one cycle consisting of two meetings. The subject was the seventh of C class of SMPN 2 Alas Barat consisting of 22 students. The types of data were qualitative (acquiring observation during the learning process) and quantitative (speaking tests). The results qualitatively showed that the implementation of Circle Game enhanced the students’ speaking skills. Such improvement could be seen from their enthusiasm, their interesting feeling in various materials presented by the teacher, their active involvement. In the quantitative findings, the result also showed a higher value of the mean score of the post-test (77.34) rather than the pre-test (75.75). In conclusion, the use of Circle Game can improve students’ speaking skill.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Fadil ◽  
Sumardi Sumardi ◽  
Ngadiso Ngadiso

This research aims to describe: (1) students' English speaking skill in English immersion school; (2) students’ strengths and weaknesses in speaking skill in English immersion school; (3) factors affecting students' speaking skill in English immersion school. The research was designed as a case study, conducted at a school applying English immersion in Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia in Academic Year 2017-2018. The research used purposive sampling. Data were collecated by interview, questionnairre, observation, and document analysis. The informants were grade 2 students, English teachers, and the school founder. The analysis found that: (1) on the scale of 1-5 (1=very bad, 2=bad, 3=fair, 4=good, 5=very good), students’ English speaking skills were at levels of very good (2.22%), good (6.67%), fair (37.78%), bad (44.44%), and very bad (8.89%); (2) students’ strengths in English speaking skills were related to vocabulary with average score of 2.7, and the weaknesses dealt with fluency with average score of 2.25; (3) factors that were assumed to affect students’ English speaking skills were environment, local accent, vocabulary mastery, English use, preference, and habits. It is recommended that all parties involved in the English immersion program evaluate the running of the program and the content of the program to provide learning outputs through English immersion. Commitment to using English should be strengthened, especially in English Week program. Improvement on English teachers’ is needed by involving them in trainings. Finally, similar research at non-English immersion school is necessary to ensure the comparative results gained from both types of school.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-93
Author(s):  
Siti Salwa Mohd Noor

This study aimed to identify the effect of using thinking aloud strategy to improve speaking skill among learners of Arabic language in Malaysia. To achieve the objectives of the study, several Arabic language learners from University Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) in Malaysia have been chosen to participate in this study. The study sample consists of (30) students, they are then divided into two groups; the first experimental group consists of (15) students studied the Arabic language using the thinking aloud strategy, and the control group consists of (15) students studied using traditional method of teaching. A test has been used in this study; the test speaking skills (pre and post). Results of the study indicate significant differences at (α=0.05) due to the instruction strategy used in favour of those taught through thinking aloud strategy in the speaking test.   Keywords: Thinking Aloud Strategy, Speaking Skills, Arabic Learners.   تركز هذه الدّراسة على معرفة أثر استخدام استراتيجية التفكير بصوت عال في تحسين مهارات التحدث لدى متعلمي اللغة العربية في ماليزيا. ولتحقيق أهداف الدّراسة اختارت الباحثة متعلمي اللغة العربية في جامعة السلطان زين العابدين في ماليزيا ليكونوا ميدانًا لتجربة الدّراسة. وقد تكونت عينة الدّراسة من (30) طالبًا وطالبة، موزعين على مجموعتين؛ تكونت المجموعة الأولى من (15) طالبًا وطالبة درسوا مادة اللغة العربية باستخدام استراتيجية التفكير بصوت عال، وتكونت المجموعة الضابطة من (15) طالبًا وطالبة درسوا المادة بالطريقة الاعتيادية. واستخدمت الدّراسة اختبار مهارات التحدث (القبلي والبعدي). وقد أسفرت النتائج عن وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى (α=0.05) لصالح المجموعة التجريبية التي استخدمت استراتيجية التفكير بصوت عال في اختبار مهارات التحدث.   كلمات مفتاحية: استرتيجية التفكير بصوت عال، مهارات التحدث، متعلمو اللغة العربية


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