THE APPLICATION OF ROLE PLAYS AS AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE SPEAKING ABILITY OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 TANAH PUTIH

Mima Putri,Effendi Gultom

doi:10.31258/sorot.8.1.2347

Abstract

This is an action research. In doing this research is neededsome of the data is used to support the success. The data for thisresearch will be collected by giving pre-test, post-test andobservation. In order to get or to collect the data for this study, thewriter has to find the suitable instrument. The instrument used forthe speaking test as description. The students are asked to speakbased on the dialogue given by the teacher. In this speaking, theteacher will observe the students ability in grammar, pronunciation,vocabulary and fluency. In this research the writer involved in everycycle and in collecting the data. The researcher used the Observationsheet and test. The observation sheet is to know the students’speaking ability, a check list is used. The check list is done during theclassroom activities. in doing the check list, the researcher will invitecollaborators to the classroom. The class however, will be handled bythe researcher who is in charge of teaching speaking by using roleplay. The test was given to the student is in oral form. Before the testis given, the researcher gave a pre-test at the beginning of the cycleand post-test at the end of the cycle. So, in this research, the studentsare asked to role play their conversation in front of the class based onthe conversation given. The students’ speaking ability between pretestand post-test in every cycle is increase. The research question wasanswered and the hypothesis is reliable. The use of role play is anaffective technique to improve the students’ speaking ability of thefirst year students of SMP Negeri 1 Tanah Putih in academic year2010/2011. In conclusion, the speaking ability of the first yearstudents of SMP Negeri 1 Tanah Putih before treatment is poor. Butafter getting treatment, the students’ speaking ability becomes good.It means that the speaking ability of the students is increase.

Highlights

Speaking supposed to be practiced daily in teaching and learning processes in the classroom, but many students still communicate in Indonesian language
It was suggested is one of the extracts quoted in the previous unit that one way to vary the kinds of spoken interaction.Based on the theories above, the writer is interested in conducting a research about “The Application of Role Plays as an Effort to Improve the Speaking Ability of the First Year Students of SMPN 1 Tanah Putih”
Thespeaking test contains conversations.After the teaching learning process had run for a month, the post-test was conducted in order to know the development of the students who joined the role play techniques in an effort to improve the speaking ability

Summary

Introduction

Speaking supposed to be practiced daily in teaching and learning processes in the classroom, but many students still communicate in Indonesian language. The students are afraid to speak English because they lack of vocabularies.Based on those problems, the writer will use role play in teaching. The writer thinks that Role Play can improve the students’ speaking ability.

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