IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROLE PLAYING METHOD IN INCREASING SPEAKING SKILLS MATERIAL REPORTING OBSERVATION RESULTS IN CLASS III ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This research aim to improve speaking skills by using role playing method in the fifth grade students of primary school. The type of this research use collaborative action research. The research design used Kemmis and McTaggart method. The technique of analyzing data used quantitative and qualitative descriptive. The results showed that role playing method can improve students speaking skills by: the teachers deliver the learning objectives , explain the role playing activities , divide the students into small groups, motivating the students to understand the material , give the students facilities to play a role , and guiding the students to discuss evaluate the role playing activities. The results showed that the learning process is increased. The improvement can be seen from the enthusiasm of the students and the students more orderly during the learning activities. Speaking skills improvement showed from the average acquisition value, before using the method increased about 58.26 to 70.84 in the first cycle and increased to 78.66 in the second cycle .