Using Poster Presentation to Enhance Senior High School Students’ Speaking Achievement: An Action Research

Abstract

This study was conducted in the eleventh-grade students in SMAN 4 Jember. The researcher used classroom action research intended to help the students enhance their speaking achievement by using poster presentation. Based on the preliminary study, it was found that the eleventh IPS 3 grade students still had problems in their speaking achievement. The preliminary study results showed that only 14 of 33 students (45%) could pass the passing grade of the minimum score. Besides, the passing grade of the English subject used in this school is 75. Therefore, the researcher conducted this research to overcome the students’ problem in learning speaking by using poster presentation.