Improving Students’ Speaking Ability through Role Play Technique of VIII-D Students at SMP Wahid Hasyim Malang.

Swandayani, Nurzafira (2015) Improving Students’ Speaking Ability through Role Play Technique of VIII-D Students at SMP Wahid Hasyim Malang. Sarjana thesis, Universitas Brawijaya.

Abstract

Karena komunikasi adalah kebutuhan penting bagi manusia, bahasa belajar terjadi sebagai jembatan untuk berinteraksi dengan orang lain. Mencerminkan dengan fenomena, kemampuan berbicara adalah yang paling sering digunakan untuk berkomunikasi. Sebagai bahasa internasional, kemampuan berbicara bahasa Inggris diperlukan terutama bagi siswa untuk mempersiapkan masa depan mereka. Namun, pengajaran berbicara di kelas masih menggunakan pendekatan tradisional seperti membaca dengan keras di depan kelas dan latihan berulang. Berdasarkan studi pendahuluan yang dilakukan di SMP Wahid Hasyim Malang, terutama di kelas VIII-D, sebagian besar siswa masih menemukan beberapa kesulitan dalam pengucapan, tata bahasa, kosa kata, dan kepercayaan diri. Dengan demikian, peneliti mengusulkan teknik Play Peran untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa dari siswa VIII-D di SMP Wahid Hasyim Malang. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian tindakan kelas untuk mengatasi masalah siswa yang terkait dengan kemampuan berbicara. Melalui teknik bermain peran, para siswa dapat mengekspresikan ide, perasaan, dan pemikiran mereka dalam peran tertentu. Selain itu, beberapa instrumen juga digunakan dalam penelitian ini untuk mendukung pengumpulan data yang dilakukan dalam dua siklus. Instrumen-instrumen tersebut adalah daftar periksa observasi, wawancara, tes, kuesioner, dan catatan lapangan. Dari hasil penelitian ini, disimpulkan bahwa teknik bermain peran membantu siswa untuk mengatasi masalah berbicara dalam bahasa Inggris. Itu didukung oleh pemenuhan kriteria keberhasilan peningkatan kemampuan berbicara siswa juga terlihat dari skor akhir dalam setiap post-test, pada siklus I Skor akhir adalah 38% dari siswa dapat lulus skor minimum , Sementara pada siklus II skor akhir adalah 71% siswa dapat lulus skor minimum standar. Sementara itu, itu juga ditemukan dari kuesioner bahwa 71% siswa merasa cukup termotivasi, sementara 29% siswa merasa sangat termotivasi untuk belajar bahasa Inggris setelah diajarkan dengan menggunakan teknik bermain peran.

English Abstract

Since communication is an essential need for human being, learning language takes place as a bridge to interact with others. Reflecting to the phenomenon, speaking ability is the most frequently used to communicate. As an international language, the ability to speak English is needed especially for students to prepare for their future. However, the teaching of speaking in the classroom is still using the traditional approach such as read aloud in front of the class and repetitive drills. Based on the preliminary study that was conducted at SMP Wahid Hasyim Malang, especially in VIII-D class, most of students still found some difficulties in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and confidence. Thus, the researcher proposed role play technique to improve students’ speaking ability of VIII-D students at SMP Wahid Hasyim Malang. This research used Classroom Action Research to cope with the students’ problem related to the speaking ability. Through role play technique, the students are able to express their ideas, feelings, and thoughts in a particular role. Besides, some instruments were also used in this research to support the data collection which was conducted in two cycles. Those instruments were observation checklist, interview, test, questionnaire, and field notes. From the result of this research, it was concluded that role play technique helped the students to cope with the speaking problem in English. It was supported by the accomplishment of the criteria of success The improvement of the students’ speaking ability also was seen from the final score in each post-test, in cycle I the final score was 38% of the students could pass the standard minimum score, while in cycle II the final score was 71% of the students could pass the standard minimum score. Meanwhile, it was also found from the questionnaire that 71% of the students felt motivated enough, while 29% of the students felt very motivated to learn English after being taught by using role play technique.

Item Type: Thesis (Sarjana)
Identification Number: SKR/FBS/2015/205/051504462
Subjects: 400 Language > 420 English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Budaya > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Depositing User: Budi Wahyono Wahyono
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2015 09:09
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2021 04:28
URI: http://repository.ub.ac.id/id/eprint/101382
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