Improving the Eighth-grade Students' Speaking Achievement through Cartoon Story Maker at Junior High School

Abstract

This current research focused on addressing Cartoon Story Maker’s effects on the eighth-grade students’ participation during the teaching and learning process of teaching speaking and their speaking achievement. To gain the aim, the researcher used Classroom Action Research design. The data about their active participation were collected by using an observation checklist. Meanwhile, the data about the students’ speaking achievement were collected by using a speaking test. The subjects of this research were 31 students of VIIIA. The results indicated that the percentage of the students who actively participated improved from 77% in the first meeting to 83% in the second meeting, and that there were 82% of students who achieved the target score and 18% who did not. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of Cartoon Story Maker can improve the students’ active participation in the teaching-learning process of speaking and their speaking achievement. Therefore, it is suggested to the English teacher to consider the use of Cartoon Story Maker as a media to teach speaking in the classroom. The result of this study could also be a reference for future researchers who want to conduct a Classroom Action Research by using Cartoon Story Maker.