| dc.description.abstract | Pictures are one of the most appropriate media in teaching learning process in
the classroom. They are often used by teachers to increase students’ interest,
motivation, and attention to the material being taught. Picture series is a kind of
picture which is one of the most appropriate media for presenting material in the
teaching learning process in the classroom and it can provide students with a visual
experience and stimulate them to talk in teaching learning process.
The purpose of this research was (1) to improve the speaking ability of the
eighth level students at SMPN 3 Tulungagung in the 2006/2007 academic year, and
(2) to improve the speaking ability of the eighth level students at SMPN 3
Tulungagung in the 2006/2007 academic year.
This research was conducted at SMPN 3 Tulungagung from May 21
2007 up
to June 8
th
2007. The research method was classroom action research with cycle
models. This classroom action research was done in collaboration with the English
teacher with a sequence of steps, namely the planning of the action, implementation
of the action, classroom observation and evaluation, and reflection of the action.
This research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle was done in three
meetings including test. The research subject were grade VIII C. The primary data
about the students’ speaking ability were collected by administering speaking test and
observation by using observation checklist. The collected data were analysed by
descriptive quantitative. Meanwhile, the reflection was based on the finding during
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the observation and was compared to the criteria of success. The action is considered
successful if 75% of the students’ score of speaking test is in the good score category
at least 70 or more.
The percentage of students that got scores at least 70 in speaking test in the
cycle 1 were only 49 % or 21 students from 43 students. Moreover, the result of
observation in cycle 1 showed that only 63 % of the students were actively involved
in the teaching and learning process of speaking ability through picture series. The
results above showed that cycle 1 had not achieved the target of this research.
Therefore, the action was continued to cycle 2 by using colourful picture series.
The result of speaking test in cycle 2 was better. The percentage of students
that got scores at least 70 in speaking test in the cycle 2 were 79 % or 34 students
from 43 students. Additionally, the results of the observation in cycle 2 showed that
most of the students (81 %) were active during the teaching learning process of
speaking ability through picture series. In other words, the targets of this research
were achieved in cycle 2.
From the results above, it can be concluded that colourful picture series can
improve the students speaking ability. Therefore, it is suggested to the English
teacher to use picture series as media in teaching speaking. | en_US |
