Abstract
This study focuses on improving students’ abilities in learning English with the support of Pictorial Metaplan as a teaching aid. The use of this Metaplan aims to improve speaking skills in formal and non-formal contexts. This pictorial Metaplan is a realia in the form of an illustrated carpet with a theme Getting Direction. Pictorial Metaplan focuses on the topic Getting Direction and applied directly to 15 students in the 8th grade of junior high school. The implementation of the use of the Pictorial Metaplan begins with distributing questionnaires and implementing Pre- Test and Post-Test, then direct implementation of using Pictorial Metaplan combined with Total Physical Response (TPR) method. The treatment for students was carried out by dividing two class groups, the control group, and the experimental group. The control group used conventional methods, without using learning aids, while the second group used the Pictorial Metaplan as a teaching aid. Based on the results of Pre-Test and Post-Test show an increase in the results of the values before and after implementing the Pictorial Metaplan. Thus it can be concluded that learning in the experimental group using Pictorial Metaplan is more effective than learning using conventional methods.
Highlights
Learning English as a second language for young learners certainly provides many advantages namely the ability to speak English properly and correctly. Uysal and Yavuz, (2015) states that learning English from an early age will certainly get optimal results in increasing a person’s ability to learn English
The pictorial Metaplan has the theme Getting Direction which has the aim of creating an interactive and thematic learning atmosphere in the class. This Pictorial Metaplan will be applied to the students which are carried out with the Total Physical Response (TPR) method to obtain a valid result of an increase in the value of skills obtained before and after the application of this Pictorial Metaplan
The subjects of this study were students of 8th grade at Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri 3 Ungaran as total sampling which was divided into two types of treatment, namely treatment using conventional method and treatment with role-play method using Pictorial Metaplan as teaching aid
Summary
Learning English as a second language for young learners certainly provides many advantages namely the ability to speak English properly and correctly. Uysal and Yavuz, (2015) states that learning English from an early age will certainly get optimal results in increasing a person’s ability to learn English. The pictorial Metaplan has the theme Getting Direction which has the aim of creating an interactive and thematic learning atmosphere in the class This Pictorial Metaplan will be applied to the students which are carried out with the Total Physical Response (TPR) method to obtain a valid result of an increase in the value of skills obtained before and after the application of this Pictorial Metaplan. Khan and Ali (2010) find a phenomenon that has been experienced by students, namely the limited time and opportunities for them to make presentations and speak in English in class Refer to this point Derakhshan et al (2016) state that speaking learning should focus on direct practical activities using interesting materials so that oral activities are created such as imitation, responsiveness, intensive extensive performance, transactional dialogue, and interpersonal dialogue to improve their speaking abilities. Based on some of the researches above, it can be concluded that the teaching and learning media in the form of a Pictorial Metaplan can be integrated and used to improve speaking competence with interactive teaching methods
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