| dc.description.abstract | SUMMARY
Improving the VIII-C Class Students’ Speaking Ability by Using Role-Play at
Smp Negeri 11 Jember In The 2010/2011 Academic Year Ayu Novianti,
060210401382; 2011: 58 pages; English Education Program, Language and Arts
Education Department, the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jember
University.
Based on the preliminary study that was done on 12
nd
February 2011, most
of the eighth year students of SMP Negeri 11 Jember especially class VIII-C
experience some difficulties in speaking. This was proven by their speaking score,
which showed that 15 (37%) of the students got <70 and the mean score was 64.1.
This score is below the required score of the school for the English subject that is 70.
The classroom action research was implemented in this research because
this research was intended to improve the class VIII-C students’ speaking
achievement. In this research, the researcher has collaborated with the English teacher
of the eighth year of SMP Negeri 11 Jember. It was conducted in the VIII-C grade
students of SMP Negeri 11 Jember consisting of 40 students. The observation and the
speaking test were the methods that were used in collecting the data.
The action was conducted in two cycles in order to achieve the objectives of
this classroom action research. The first cycle was done in two meetings and followed
by a test. The results of the classroom observation indicated that 48,5% in meeting 1
and 52,5% in meeting 2 of the students were active during the teaching learning
process. It showed that there was an improvement of the students’ active participation
from meeting 1 to meeting 2, but it had not achieved the objective of the research that
was 60%. In addition, the result of the speaking test in the first cycle had not achieved
the criteria of success of the research that was 60% of the students got 70 or more in
the speaking test. The percentage of the students who got score
≥ 70 was only 19
students or 47,5% of 40 students.
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Based on the results of the first cycle above, the second cycle was
necessary to be conducted to solve the problems found in the first cycle. Some
modification had been made on the aspects of time and teacher’s explanation. The
process and product evaluation in the second cycle indicated an improvement. In the
process evaluation, the students’ participation showed that 60% in meeting 1 and
72,9% in meeting 2 of the students who are actively involved in the teaching learning
process. So, the result of the observation in meeting 1 and meeting 2 had achieved the
objective of the research. In the product evaluation, the percentage of the students
who got score ≥ 70 in the speaking test was 28 students, or 70% of 40 students. Based
on those results, it could be concluded that the actions in the second cycle were
successful because the results of process and product evaluation achieved the
objectives of the research.
Finally, it could be summarized that the use of role play could improve the
VIII-C class students’ achievement in speaking and the students’ active participation
in teaching learning process at SMP Negeri 11 Jember in the 2010/2011 academic
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