Abstract
ABSTRACT
 As the important factors in EFL speaking classroom activities, building students’ motivation and interaction in EFL speaking classroom should be designed in meaningful ways. Many research studies reported the variety ways in minimizing the problems as well as proposed innovative ways in teaching speaking skill. One of the ways that recommended by the researches is inside-outside circle strategy. It is a way that students can work cooperatively and raise their motivation to talk and interact with others. The classroom-based research was conducted with only one cycle implemented the strategy. 30 students at the first grade of Multimedia Program at SMK Negeri 6 Ambon were participated in this study. The results showed that during the implementation of inside-outside circle strategy in the classroom activities, the students could actively involve in expressing their ideas based on the given topics, they could build good interaction in the inside and outside a group, and showed high motivation in speaking classroom activities.
Highlights
As one of productive skills, speaking plays an important role in communication
Maulida (2013) conducted a classroom action research in teaching and learning speaking by using inside outside circle strategy in Junior High School and the findings showed that inside outside circle strategy can attract students’ selfconfidence because this strategy help the students to be more active in express their ideas, opinions, and sharing with others
The cycle consisted of 8 meetings which divided into 6x meetings implemented the strategy as the in building the students’ motivation and interaction in speaking classroom activities. 2 meetings were done to in-depth interview in focus groups discussions and distributed questionnaire for the students to find out their responds about the strategy
Summary
The process of communication involves the process of constructing meanings which involves producing, receiving and processing information (Brown,1994). It is an interactive process in which students can express their ideas or information. Teachers need to consider some factors before they select appropriate teaching strategy to help students to develop their speaking ability. The factors such as students background knowledge of speaking skill, their level of English competency, their’ attitude towards the speaking itself’, and the materials that should be determined based on students’ needs, interest, contexts, and competency
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