TEACHING SPEAKING METHODS USED BY THE TEACHER IN
TEACHING SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA ISLAM BATU
THESIS
BY
LISSARI
201110100311140
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
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TEACHING SPEAKING METHODS USED BY THE TEACHER IN
TEACHING SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA ISLAM BATU
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Language Education
BY
LISSARI
201110100311140
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
After finally reached the peak of struggling finishing final project, the writer
would like to convey her best thanks to all those who have accompanied her alonge
this lengthy way. First of all, the writer would send her deepest gratitude to Allah
SWT, The Most Mercifule, who has granted her with his uncountable blessings and
strength. Seconly, her praises also goes to the prophet Muhammad SAW. As the best
example of human being around the world particularly for Muslims.
Thirdly, the writer would like to thank her first advisor Rahmawati Khadijah
Maro, S. Pd., M. PEd, who has warmly guided and accompannied her with helpful
advices thought this lengthy process. Also, her best gratitude sincerely goes to her
second advisor, Dra. Thathit M. Andini, M. Hum, who has patiently guided her to
finish the thesis and gave his best supprt during the complilation of this thesis.
The writer would like to convoy her special thanks to her wonderful famely:
her awesom father, lovly mother, adorable brothers who support her to finish her
project with their loves, caring, supports and many more: her cousins, uncle, aunties,
and other relatives. Her big thanks also goes to the English teacher at SMA Islam
Batu, special education teachers, and all of the students.
Last but not least, her best gratitude is convoyed to her patner in crime Riran
Pujilestari, Gianina GG, Devin YS, Halimah, rosy, Inggried PP. Who has been being
a nice friend in sharing. Also her big thanks to her kind and lovly friends: Heny, Ami,
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with in finishing the thesis, her lovly friends in English Department of UMM
especialy her classmates, her best patner in Al Banna family, Cendekia Comunity,
Co. Trainers, BEM UMM and others that the writer could not mention them here
entirely for their supports.
Malang, September 7rd 2016
x 1.1 Background of the Study ...1
1.2 Statement of the Study ...4
1.3 Purpose of Study ...5
1.4 Significance of the Study ...5
1.5 Scope and Limitation ...6
1.6 Definition of Key Terms ...6
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 2.1 Definition of Speaking ...7
2.2 Classroom Activity...7
2.3 Method in Teaching English ...12
2.4 The Problems of Learning Speaking ...22
2.5 The Ways to Cope with the Speaking Problems ...23
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 4.1 Research Findings ...34
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion...50
5.2 Suggestion ...52
5.3 Closing ...53
REFERENCES ...
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1 CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes about background of study, problems of study,
purposes of study, significance of study, scope and limitation, and definition of
key terms. All of the items will be explained below:
1.1Background of the Study
English is very important to be learned because English is international
language; it means that by knowing English well, people are able to communicate
with the foreigners with the different language and culture. In Indonesia, English
is the first foreign language that taught at school and it is considered as important
subject to acquire the knowledge, and to develop technology, art, and culture.
English is taught from kindergarten school until university. Teaching English is a
subject that consists of four skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Among those skills, speaking seems to be the important one. Richards and Willy
(2002) state that speaking is the central element of communication. Speaking skill
is measured in terms of the ability to carry out a conversation in the language. It is
impossible for us learning speaking without teacher.
In addition, teaching is one of concepts in education activity. Ur states that
the process of teaching should be broken down into elements for purposes of
study in order to reach teaching aims, teacher should present and explain new
2 activity of delivering knowledge to students in order to receive, respond to,
master, and develop the learning materials (2009: 11).
In other hand, Brown states that teaching is one of the activities that should
be done by the teacher in order to share and giving knowledge to the learners.
It is in line with previous statement;
’’Teaching is showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, giving instructions, guiding in the study of something, providing with knowledge, causing to know or understand (2007 : 7).
It means that teaching is an activity done by the teacher for sharing or
giving the knowledge to the students. Both of teacher and learners should be
involved directly or in directly in order to make the teacher’s aim to be success.
There are many important components in teaching and learning process.
One of those elements is method. Method is considering as the way on how
teacher shares his or her goal on teaching and learning process. Methods offer the
teacher alternative to what the currently think and do. According to Larsen &
Freeman (2000), teaching method is an application of way or strategy used by a
teacher that is put from theory in teaching and learning process to achieve the
learning objective. So, by using method in teaching and learning process, the
teacher will be more easily to transfer the information, select the resources and
define the role of the students.
There are teaching methods that are commonly used in teaching English
language (Freeman-Larsen, 2000). They are grammar-translation method, the
direct method, the audio-lingual method, total physical respond method,
3 learning, silent way, and communicative approach. However, those methods may
not appropriate for teaching each skill in English. For example, Brown describes
that in writing and reading skill it is more appropriate if the teacher uses
grammar-translation method, because students are more focus on grammar rule, and then
apply it in translating sentence and texts into and out of the target language (2007:
18). Meanwhile, in speaking, the teacher can apply some methods; direct method,
audio-lingual method, and communicative language teaching, because from those
methods there are three techniques appropriate for teaching speaking such as
dialog memorization, chain drill, roleplay, conversation practice (Freeman-Lasen,
2000).
Teaching method becomes one of importance points on the teaching learning
activities. English teacher should have teaching strategies to solve the problems face by
the student. The teacher must be able to manage their assignments effectively. The
teacher is demanded to motivate the students in order to learn English well.
To teach speaking is not an easy job because there are many problems in
teaching speaking. Ur (2009: 121) states that there are some possible problems
faced by the students in learning speaking. They are inhibition, nothing to say,
low or uneven participants, and mother tongue use. Those problems may influence
the firmness of teaching and learning process.
From the explanation above, it can be concluded that the teachers have to
know some methods for teaching English skills. In order to make the students
4 itself should be mastered on how to use teaching method before coming to the
class to teach.
Some research has investigated to teach speaking method. ‘’Method in
Teaching English Speaking at Eighth year of SMP Hj. Iswati Semarang in the
Academic’’ done by Sugiortono (2010). Base on the research, it showed that the
methods used to teach English speaking were direct method, communicative
approach, community language learning, and suggestopedia. The methods were
implemented well. It was arranged in three phrase activities: pre-activity, whilst
activity, and post-activity.
Based on those facts and theories above, the researcher is interested in
investigating the way the teacher applied the teaching methods and the students’
difficulties that appear when the teacher applied the methods in speaking skill of
second grade at SMA Islam Batu. The researcher chose SMA Islam Batu because
she found students have less interest in English subject especially in speaking skill
when she observed them. So, the researcher tried to describe the implementation
of the methods used by the teacher in teaching speaking when the teacher applied
current teaching method and investigate the way the teacher overcomes the
students’ difficulties in learning speaking when the teacher applied the method at
SMA Islam Batu.
1.2Statement of the Problems
Based on the background of the study above, the researcher formulates
5 a. What are the methods used by the teacher in teaching second grade
students of SMA Islam Batu?
b. What are the problems in applying the teaching method of speaking faced
by the teacher in teaching second grade students of SMA Islam Batu?
c. What are the ways to cope with the problem in teaching speaking at
second grade students of SMA Islam Batu?
1.3Purposes of the Study
The purposes of the studies are to find out the answer of the problems
stated above.
a. To identify the methods used by the teacher in teaching second grade
students of SMA Islam Batu.
b. To figure out the problems in teaching speaking faced by the teacher in
teaching second grade students of SMA Islam Batu.
c. To know the ways to cope with the problem in teaching speaking at
second grade students of SMA Islam Batu.
1.4Significance of the Study a. Teacher
For the teacher of English, the researcher hopes the study can give a
motivation to use an appropriate in teaching English speaking, so that the
students will pay attention during the classroom interaction.
6 The researcher hopes that the result of the study can be used an input
for SMA Islam Batu in developing English perspective and competency
especially method in teaching speaking and ways to cope with the problem in
teaching speaking.
c. Researcher
For the next researcher, it is hoped that this researcher can be used as
one of the references to conduct similar researches. It also gives contribution
for teaching and learning process.
1.5 Scope and Limitation
The researcher focuses on limit and scope suggested by the title of this
research. She deals mainly for finding the method used by the teacher in teaching
speaking at second grade students of SMA Islam Batu, the problems faced by the
teacher in teaching speaking at second grade students of SMA Islam Batu, the
ways to cope with the problems in teaching speaking at second grade students of
SMA Islam Batu on academic year 2015/2016.
1.6 Definition of the Key Terms
In order to make the reader understand what the write wants to analyses
concerning her study, the definition of the key terms would like to be explained as
follows.
a. Teaching is showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, giving interaction, guiding in the study of something, providing with
7 action of giving instruction of speaking skill to make the students
understand.
b. Speakingis the process of building and sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non-verbal symbols, in a variety of contexts Chaney (Kayi:
2006). In addition, speaking is the action of humans to deliver their
thought in spoken language.