Improving Speaking Skill Research Articles

Implementation of Cooperative Learning Strategies to Improve the Speaking Skills in the Islamic School Insan Cendikia Payakumbuh

The study aims to examine the use of cooperative learning strategies to enhance speaking skills in an Islamic school. The research uses a qualitative approach and case study method, data is collected through interviews, observation, and documents. The participants are the head of the institute, teachers, and students. The objectives are to understand the planning, demonstrate the implementation and evaluate the effectiveness of the cooperative learning strategies used. The study found that the planning of the cooperative learning strategies to improve speaking skills included preparing teachers, dividing students into small groups of mixed abilities, and implementing daily activities, group discussions and dialogue practices. The evaluation found that the strategies were effective, resulting in improved speaking skills and increased social skills for the students, particularly for female students who emphasized vocabulary memorization and served as cooperative learning models.

Improving Speaking Skill Through A Word-Guessing Game | La’batun Takhmin al-Kalimat fiy Kafaaty Maharatul al-Kalam

In learning Arabic, interesting methods and teaching media are needed,in order the students can be motivated to learn actively. The word guessing game is kind of one interesting way to make the conditions comfortable education. As for the method used, it is part of cooperative learning, which is a word guessing game, and than In this research, the researcher chose the tittle improving speaking skill through A word-guessing game. The aim of this research is to find out whether the effect of guessing game on speaking skill. This study is used quantitative study with object 26 female students, and data collection was used by the test and linear regression analysis. Data collection technique using interviews and tests. The analysis used is linear regression. The result of the research that was conducted found that the word guessing game has a small effect in improving of speaking skill for the fourth year intensive female students at Al-Amien Islamic University.

브이로그 활용 수업에서 말하기 전 단계 쓰기 활동이 대학생들의 영어 말하기 능력에 미치는 효과

The present study aims to explore the effects of implementing writing as a pre-speaking activity in a social media-integrated speaking class on Korean EFL university learners’ speaking skills. It also tries to examine their attitudes and perceptions toward this new instruction. This study was conducted with fifty Korean university students during one semester. The participants were assigned to an experimental group (n=25) who engaged in writing as a pre-speaking activity in a social-media integrated speaking class and a control group (n=25) who received a traditional speaking instruction. To collect data, a pre- and post-speaking test and a survey on students’ attitudes and perceptions were implemented. A survey measured the participants’ overall learning experiences and affective attitude such as motivation, interest, confidence, and anxiety. The quantitative data was analyzed by t-tests while the qualitative data was analyzed by a coding procedure. The results presented that using writing as a pre-speaking activity has a positive effect on the students’ speaking proficiency and this new instruction is more effective than a traditional classroom. This study suggests that integrating wring as a prespeaking activity into a speaking course can be used as an effective teaching approach to improving speaking skills.

The Use of Rosetta Stone in Improving Speaking Skill


 
 
 
 The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of using technology-based teaching media to improve the speaking skills of STP Mataram Hospitality Study Program students. Several media that use computers and the internet will be used in this study to teach speaking. Rosetta Stone is used as learning media for students' speaking learning. In this study, 30 students served as the experimental group, while 30 other students served as the control group. According to the findings of this study, the value of the t-test > t table (3.462> 2.676) indicates a significant difference in English speaking skills when using technology-based learning media. Finally, the use of technology-based learning media is effective in improving students' speaking abilities.
 
 
 

Improving Speaking Skills in High School English Classes: Insights from Questionnaire Responses

Improving Speaking Skills in High School English Classes: Insights from Questionnaire Responses

Meningkatkan Keterampilan Berbicara Menggunakan Metode Teams Games Tournaments (TGT)

Improving Speaking Skills Using the Teams Games Tournaments (TGT) Method. This classroom action research aimed at describing the speaking skill learning process using the Teams Games Tournaments (TGT) method for the first-year students of Indonesia Language and Literature Education, Muhammadiyah University of Kupang 2019/2020 academic year. The research was conducted in two cycles. The data were collected through observation, tests, and documentation. The data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The study showed that there was an improvement in the learning process and the student’s score after applying the Teams Games Tournaments method. Students were motivated and enthusiastic in learning activities. There was an active interaction between students and lecturers during the learning process. In addition, there was also an improvement in the students’ speaking skill scores. In the first cycle, the whole average of students’ score was 66.13 became 75,33 in the second cycle

Improving Speaking Skills through Providing Sentence Starters and Incorporating Images

This Classroom Action Research (CAR) was conducted based on an internship of teaching two English Enrichment classes, involving 25 students of Grade 7 in Sekolah Kallista to determine the effectiveness of Providing Sentence Starters and Incorporating Images activities as a part of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) method. The research was organised through several procedures, such as designing, implementing, observing, analysing, and presenting. The instruments used were observation, pre-test, and post-test. The students in both classes were first observed and then involved in a series of pre-test, implementation, and post-test so that their improvements could be measured properly using a rubric that assessed their fluency, pronunciation and accent, vocabulary, grammar, content organisation and development, and the duration of their speech as the aspects of speaking skills. Results of the post-test showed that the scores of the students increased from their pre-test scores, proofing that the implementation was effective in supporting students' improving their speaking skills, as well as providing them with an enjoyable atmosphere in learning and allowing them to express creativity throughout the lesson .

Improving Speaking Skills with theCooperative Learning Model for Think Pair Share Class V Students of SD Negeri 5 Ambon

Speaking is the activity of issuing words or sounds in the form of expressions, ideas, information, which contain certain meanings. Learning to speak using thelearning model Think Pair Share gives students time to think and respond, encourage students to be more active in asking and expressing their opinions and creative in developing their ideas. During the learning process, students must be active and creative in expressing their opinions. Because speaking is the ability to convey messages in the form of thoughts, ideas, and feelings through spoken language to others (Mulyadi, et al 2000). The criteria that serve as guidelines are readability and suitability. Think Pair Share has an explicitly defined procedure to give students more time to think, ask questions, and express their opinions, and help each other (Eanes, 1997). At thestage Think, the teacher makes apperception, explains the learning objectives and submits questions or issues related to the lesson. In thestage Pair, the teacher organizes students into pairs and gives students the opportunity to discuss the answers they think are most correct. And at the final stage, namely Sharing , the teacher asks in pairs to share with other friends in the class what they have talked about.

Language Learning Strategies Used by ESL Students of a Chinese Secondary School in Improving Speaking Skills

In this globalization era, English has progressively become the medium in every aspect of communication, both in local and international surroundings. Hence, there is a request for speakers who can communicate in English productively in every country. Speaking is one of the most fundamental skills in English language education. A lot has been discussed relating to the good language learners, but not much is investigated about the strategies used in a Chinese school in order to further improve and acquire their second language learning skills. Besides that, students differ in proficiency, hence a suitable language learning strategy needs to be identified to enhance their speaking skills. Thus, this paper aims to identify language learning strategies and also to discover the direct or indirect strategies used by ESL students of a Chinese Secondary school in improving speaking skills. This study employed a quantitative design where a questionnaire was used in collecting the data. The survey was conducted among 50 Senior 2 learners in a particular Chinese school. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the students for this study. The results of the study have indicated that the metacognitive approach is the most often utilized language learning strategy among Independent Chinese School students in enhancing speaking skills. Furthermore, the findings and implications in this study may be beneficial to some ESL educators in exploring the effectiveness of utilizing suitable language learning strategies in enhancing speaking skills in the future.

TRAINING PODCASTS IN THE TEACHING PROCESS UKRAINIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

The article reveals the possibilities of using podcasting in the process of teaching foreign students of preparatory departments of the Ukrainian language as a foreign language, shows its didactic potential (resources Studyukrainian and Ukrainianlessons). The article analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of podcasting in the organization of the educational process and presents the types of work with podcasts. The modern educational process is inconceivable without the widespread use of such technology as “podcasting”. A podcast is a single audio or video file or a series of such files that are published at the same address on the Internet and have a certain frequency of publication, which depends on the creator of a particular podcast. One of the most productive platforms for online learning of Ukrainian as a foreign language is the Studyukrainian resource. The site already has 5 seasons of podcasts (about 160 recordings), and the resource is actively replenished. In the first season the podcasts are written in English, in the following seasons the share of English in the teacher’s explanations decreases significantly, in the fifth season the podcasts are written exclusively in Ukrainian. Each podcast lasts about 20 minutes. Foreign students have the opportunity to receive by e-mail a “script” in PDF format of the podcast and additional materials on the topic (grammar tables, explanations, examples, diagrams, a list of phrases and dialogues, exercises for more practice and vocabulary on the topic, etc.). In addition, the foreign student is given additional opportunities: sets of cards for learning words, videos of various songs and clips, which explain the Ukrainian realities or features of word usage (for example, national holidays, greetings etc.). The site provides foreign students with a dictionary, a list of phrases, a grammar block, a blog for communication with the teacher. In the process of learning the Ukrainian language as a foreign language, the fullest possible disclosure of the possibilities of podcasting technology is possible, because the language as a means of transmitting information in this context is also the object of study. The use of podcasts in teaching various activities helps to increase students’ motivation to learn the national language; the emergence of choice in the selection of interesting phonetic material; promotes the formation of listening skills and the ability to perceive different speech styles with different accents and intonations; improving speaking skills. Podcast as a media carrier of information is, along with other resources, an integral technical means of distance learning of Ukrainian as a foreign language, which allows to solve complex problems of foreign language education. Key words: podcasting, iPod, listening training, new information technologies in teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language, Studyukrainian and Ukrainianlessons resources.

Effects of Using Online Approach on Speaking Skills Among Malaysian University Students

The role of the university has gone far from just producing students with excellent academic achievements to producing students with tremendous communication skills such as speaking in English to enable them to compete in the global market. However, many university students in Malaysia are still struggling to acquire the English language comprehensively that matches the employers’ expectations. Hence, the importance of spoken English should be emphasized more by creating more interesting platforms and using online approaches such as vlogs to enable the students to use the language more profoundly. Thus, a pilot study was conducted to identify the effect of the vlog approach on the speaking skills of 50 students from a Malaysian Technical University. This study employed a quantitative method. A survey was conducted using a self-developed questionnaire which was distributed through Google Form. The questionnaire comprised 3 sections: student demography, speaking ability, and vlog effects. The data were analyzed using the mean score, standard deviation, Linear regression, and ANOVA. The results revealed that the use of online vlog activities had significantly helped the respondents to improve their speaking skills. Meanwhile, there was no significant difference in the use of vlog activities among the male and female respondents with regard to improving speaking skills in English. Therefore, it was concluded that using online vlog activities was a useful platform to practice and improve speaking skills in English among university students and more of these types of online approaches could be employed to help the university students to enhance confidence to speak in English.

The Improving Speaking Skills through Active Learning Strategy

This research aimed at proving that active learning strategy can improve the speaking skill of the year eight students of SMP Negeri 1 Sidrap. The researcher used pre-experimental design. The population of this research was the eighth grade students and the sample was class B consisting of 26 students. The sample was chosen by purposive sampling technique. The data were collected through oral test. The pre-test and the post-test were used to measure the improvement of the students‟ speaking skill before and after the treatment. Based on the result of the pre-test and the post-test, it is obtained that the t-counted value is 6.920. By applying 0.05 level of significance and the 25 (26-1) degree of freedom, it was found that t-table value is 2.060. It shows that the t-counted value is greater than the t-table value. It means that the use of active learning strategy can improve speaking skill of the year eight students of SMP Negeri 1 Sidrap.

Improving Speaking Skills: Development Of Speaking Models In Semester II Students Department Of Indonesian Language And Literature Education FBS UNIMA

The problem with this research is that the second semester students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Department are not yet skilled at speaking. The teaching methods provided have not been able to solve the problem. Therefore a learning model is developed which aims to improve speaking skills. The purpose of this study is to describe what efforts can be made to improve the speaking skills of second semester students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Department (2018). To describe what learning model can improve the speaking skills of the second semester students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Department (2018). The method used in this research is the R&D (Research and Development) method. Of the six parallel classes, the test is only applied to one class because there is no difference in character between one class and another class. The number of students subject to test is 35 people. Quantitative data will be processed using percentage techniques. The value achieved in the pretest before using the model will be compared with the value achieved at the posttest that is after using the model. The results showed that students were ‘quite skilled’ in speaking because the average grade obtained was 7.3. Judging from the aspects assessed, the logical aspect of the proposition, the average grade obtained by students is 8.6. For aspects of text development, the average value obtained is 6.4. For the cohesiveness aspect, the average grade obtained was 8.4. While the aspect of intonation / accent, the average grade obtained is 6.5. It is clear that guided training techniques have not been able to maximize the speaking skills of second semester students, especially the development of texts and intonation / accent. Although the results of the study show that speaking skills have not been maximally achieved by students because they are still below the expected average value (80%), it does not mean that the application of guided training techniques cannot improve students 'speaking skills because the results of the pretest carried out indicate that students' speaking skills are still under the value which is 6. Keywords: Speaking skills; Learning models.

Waste machines as an alternative way to enhance students’ speaking interest

The phenomenon this time was that many lecturers had fallen asleep with the technological advancements used in the learning media. By relying on a more unique creativity, this study used simple materials from spare parts of a machine that can be used as learning media especially in speaking interest. The paper aims to explore speaking interest through waste machines to the students of Mechanical Engineering, the State Polytechnic of Tanah Laut. It investigates how waste machines can be incorporated in English for Specific Purpose (ESP) learners’ speaking interest. This study was qualitative case study, and data were gathered through observations, field notes and interviews. Data were interpreted based on the prepared achievements indicator. The results of the study reveal that the utilization of waste machines such as shocks, piston, gear, and bold is successful improving speaking skill for the students of Mechanical Engineering. In addition, students also learnt how to deliver in presentation with their field studies.

Improving Speaking Skills in English through Advertising Language

The entry of social life, human communicate with Language, there are many Languages made by agreement from the community of people, in the era of industrial technology, Advertising Language is one of the Languages that use ability to speak, The ability to handle conversations in real-time through advertising skills. The purpose of this study is to investigate features of advertising Language as a method of learning speaking English. This paper utilized Observation and Interview to gather the data. There are take Primary and Secondary data. The results of this study show the used of Advertising Language on the video assignment by the students are containing the features of advertising Language, and the result of the interview session that student helpful with the advertising Language to speech and supporting that can improve speaking English skills. Advertising Language have basic representations of perception that are interesting. Therefore, the researcher found that the function of the advertising Language features used had helped the subject speak both consciously and unconsciously, as a result of observations and in-depth interviews, the students have their own narrative that they fully supported the advertising Language itself use as a method of improving speaking English skills on the future.

Improving Speaking Skill by Using Group Work Method

There are four skills in English and one of the skills that students think is very difficult is speaking. Speaking is the skill that needs more practice and exercise, otherwise speaking fluency cannot be improved. Teacher needs to use different teaching techniques in order to reach all students effectively. The objective of this research is to see whether the method in teaching Speaking English by using the group work technique has a positive effect on the academic achievement of the students at Polytechnic ATIM (ATI Makassar), especially for Agro Industrial Engineering students who studied at the second grade. This research was carried out through class action research where teacher give some materials , apply the method, then give direct testing such as written test to find out how far students understand about the materials after they discussed in group. It is one of the assessment materials. Others assessments are taken from groups’ activities in class room, groups’ presentation, Individual’s interview test and questionnaire. This technique plays a positive role in improving the academic achievement in speaking. The technique can also improve students’ motivation in learning English; develop their Self-confidence and cooperation among students. The finding from questionnaire proves that this method can also be used to improve students’ mastery of grammar in use and motivate students in learning grammar. The method promotes learner autonomy by allowing students to make their own decision in the group without being told what to do by the teacher.

The Effects of Embedded Learning on Students’ Performance in EFL Classes, Foundation Year, College of Education, Tishk International University

This research paper addresses the effects of Embedded Learning on students’ performance in EFL classes. The first chapter is the introduction containing the aims, research question, and hypothesis. Chapter two is the literature review of the study which contains definitions of embedded learning, benefits of embedded learning, previous works on embedded learning, the importance of embedded learning in EFL classes. Chapter three is the conclusion. The paper is experimental. The participants are 42 students of foundation in the college of education, Tishk International University. The aim of the paper is to highlight the role of the Embedded Learning approach in improving speaking skills. Students of the foundation have experimented with embedded learning strategies. The data is collected from pre-post-tests. This study will affect teachers and students to investigate more about improving speaking skill through embedded learning. 

Improving Speaking Skills: Development Of Speaking Models In Semester II Students Department Of Indonesian Language And Literature Education FBS UNIMA

The problem with this research is that the second semester students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Department are not yet skilled at speaking. The teaching methods provided have not been able to solve the problem. Therefore a learning model is developed which aims to improve speaking skills. The purpose of this study is to describe what efforts can be made to improve the speaking skills of second semester students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Department (2018). To describe what learning model can improve the speaking skills of the second semester students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Department (2018). The method used in this research is the R&D (Research and Development) method. Of the six parallel classes, the test is only applied to one class because there is no difference in character between one class and another class. The number of students subject to test is 35 people. Quantitative data will be processed using percentage techniques. The value achieved in the pretest before using the model will be compared with the value achieved at the posttest that is after using the model. The results showed that students were ‘quite skilled’ in speaking because the average grade obtained was 7.3. Judging from the aspects assessed, the logical aspect of the proposition, the average grade obtained by students is 8.6. For aspects of text development, the average value obtained is 6.4. For the cohesiveness aspect, the average grade obtained was 8.4. While the aspect of intonation / accent, the average grade obtained is 6.5. It is clear that guided training techniques have not been able to maximize the speaking skills of second semester students, especially the development of texts and intonation / accent. Although the results of the study show that speaking skills have not been maximally achieved by students because they are still below the expected average value (80%), it does not mean that the application of guided training techniques cannot improve students 'speaking skills because the results of the pretest carried out indicate that students' speaking skills are still under the value which is 6.

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH 5E LEARNING CYCLE MODEL AT THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 3 PINRANG

This study was aimed to see the Improving Speaking Skill at SMA Negeri 3 Pinrang. The objective of this research is to get the empirical data of the differences between students’ score of speaking test who were taught by using 5E learning cycle model and to know how 5E learning cycle model in teaching speaking. The research problem this study was “can 5e learning cycle model improve the speaking skills”.The research method used in this research was pre-experimental with one group design. The data was collected through pretest and posttest. It aimed to know whether 5E learning cycle model in teaching speaking can improve students’ speaking skill.The population of this research consist of 280 students and the sample of the research X IS 3 that consist of 35 students.The finding revealed that 5E learning cycle model able to imropve students’ speaking skills; it can be seen from the students score pre-test and post-test. the mean score of the pre-test score of the class was 1.48 and the mean score of the post-test score in class was 1.98. It means that teaching-learning by using 5E learning cycle model can be improved students’ speaking skills.

The Impact of Using YouTubes and Audio Tracks Imitation YATI on Improving Speaking Skills of EFL Learners

The purpose of this study is to shed light on a developed approach to be adopted in EFL speaking classes and show the effectiveness of using YouTube videos and Listening Audio Tracks Imitation (YATI) for teaching English language in speaking classrooms as pedagogical tools to improve EFL learners’ speaking skills. To find out the impact of using You Tubes and Audio Tracks Imitation (YATI) on improving speaking skills of EFL learners, the qualitative experimental approach is used to conduct this study. The participants of this study are 48 students studying major English, divided into two sections studying Listening & Speaking Course at College of Science & Arts Muhayil, King Khalid University. One section was used as a control group and the other as an experimental group. Data was collected using speaking tests results which were analyzed using SPSS Pearson correlation coefficient. The results revealed that employing YATI technique has a positive impact on the effectiveness of the speaking skills, fluency and pronunciation of EFL learners. This study concluded that YouTube videos and Listening Audio Tracks Imitation (YATI) is a very effective CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) tool towards improving students’ speaking skills. This study recommends the use of YATI approach in order to help students overcome speaking problems.