TEACHING METHODS USED BY THE ENGLISH TEACHER IN
TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL FOR THE SECOND GRADE
STUDENTS AT SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 3 BATU
THESIS
By:
WIMA NUR AZIZAH
09360215
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
TEACHING METHODS USED BY THE ENGLISH TEACHER IN
TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL FOR THE SECOND GRADE
STUDENTS AT SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 3 BATU
THESIS
By:
WIMA NUR AZIZAH
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
TEACHING METHODS USED BY THE ENGLISH TEACHER IN
TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL FOR THE SECOND GRADE
STUDENTS AT SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 3 BATU
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in English Education
By:
WIMA NUR AZIZAH
09360215
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
This thesis written by Wima Nur Azizah was approved on October 28th, 2013.
By:
Advisor II, Advisor I,
Dr. Masduki, M. Pd Dr. Hartono, M. Pd
This Thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang
And accepted as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
On October 28th, 2013
Approved by,
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University Of Muhammadiyah Malang
Dean,
Dr. Poncojari Wahyono, M. Kes
Examiners: Signatures:
1. Dra. Dwi Poedjiastutie, M. A 1... 2. Santi Prastiyowati, S. Pd 2... 3. Dr. Hartono, M. Pd 3. ... 4. Dr. Masduki, M. Pd 4. ...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Alhamdulillah, with a sign of relief, the writer prays to Allah SWT, who has given her the blessing, chance, and power so that the writer could finished this thesis.
In this process of finishing this thesis, the writer has got guidance, motivation from some parties. The writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to Dr. Hartono, M.Pd, her first advisor, and Dr. Masduki, M.Pd, her second advisor, for their suggestions, invaluable guidance and advice during the consultation period, and their comments and corrections during the completion of this thesis.
Her sincere gratitude and appreciation are also extended to the teachers and headmaster at SMA Muhammadiyah 3 Batu who had given her the opportunity to conduct the research.
Finally, a special thank goes to her beloved mother (Dra. Murniati), father (Abdurrahman, S.Pd), brother (Agil), beloved partner (Amry Maulana, S.H) and her close friends (Lela, Baim, Rizka, Uwik, Rara) for their encouragement, love, care, and pray so that she can finish thesis.
Malang, October 2013
Wima Nur Azizah
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.2 Statement of Problem ... 4
1.3 Objective of Study ... 5
1.4 Significance of Study ... 5
1.5 Scope and Limitation ... 6
1.6 Definition of Key Terms ... 6
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 The English at Senoir High School ... 8
2.2 Teaching Speaking ... ....10
2.4 Problems in Teaching Speaking ... 17
2.5 The Ways to Solve Problems in Teaching Speaking ... 19
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design ... 21
3.2 Research Subject ... 22
3.3 Research Instrument ... 22
3.3.1 Observation ... 22
3.3.2 Interview ... 23
3.4 Data Collection... 24
3.5 Data Analysis ... 25
4.1.3 The teacher’s Solution to the Problems in Using Methods in Teaching
Speaking... ...33
4.2 Discussion ... 33
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion ... 37
5.2 Suggestion ... 38
REFERENCES ... 39
APPENDICES Appendix I: Interview Guide ... 41
Appendix II: Interview Guide...43
Appendix III: First Observation ... 48
Appendix IV: Second Observation ... 52
Appendix V: Third Observation... 57
Appendix VI: The Data of SMA Muhammadiyah 3 Batu...61
Appendix VII: Documentation...63
Appendix VIII: Observation Letter...66
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REFERENCES
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Harliana, Septyanita. 2007. Problems of Teaching Speaking for Private SMAs in Malang. Skripsi tidak diterbitkan. Malang: Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang.
Larsen. Freeman. 2000. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching. New York: Oxford.
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Mustikowati, Herlina Ari. 2004. The methods of teaching English Skills of The First Year Students at SMUN 3 Probolinggo. Skripsi tidak diterbitkan. Malang: Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang.
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Syaifullah, Didik. 2011. A Study on The Methods Implemented in Teaching Speaking at Foreign Language Development Institution (FLDI) Paiton Probolinggo.
Skripsi tidak diterbitkan. Malang: Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang. Santiago, Nadia. 2009. Examiner.com. [Online].
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Wijayanti, Dyan Novia. 2008. The Methods of Teaching English Used by Student Teacher of The Eight Semester of The English Department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang at SMAN 2 BATU. Skripsi tidak diterbitkan. Malang: Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang.
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter explains background of the study, statement of the problems, objective of the study, significance of the study, scope and limitation, and definition of the key terms.
1.1 Background of the Study
As many other languages around the world, English has also various kinds of skills which are required to master, such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Among these skills, speaking is the most basic skill to be capable of since it is used to communicate with other people.
Speaking is one of the important skills in English as a foreign language (EFL). According to Fulcher (2003), speaking is the verbal use of language to communicate with others. While, Brown (2001) stated that speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing, receiving and processing information. The goal of language is communication and the aim of speaking in a language context is to promote communicative efficiency, teachers want students to actually be able to use the language as correctly as possible and with a purpose. Students often value speaking more than the other skills of reading, writing, and listening. Thus, motivation is not always as big of an issue, but what often happens is students feel more anxious related to their oral production. As speaking is interrelated with the other skills, its development results in the development of the others.
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According to Ur (in Harliana, 2007), “the learning process of speaking still
faces many problems such as inhibition, nothing to say, low unven participation, mother - tongue use”. Those problems have to be observed in order to reach the success of teaching speaking. The observation result will help teachers in deciding the suitable methods in teaching speaking. The result also can be a source in developing approaches or methods in EFL.
In teaching speaking, teachers need to know about the obstacles that may occur in the learning process. According to Magriby (2012) stated some problems come from the internal factors and others come from internal factors. Therefore, the problems in teaching speaking are complex. They are not only related with the
student’s factors but also with the external factors. In the internal factors, the
problems may be related with native language, age, exposure, innate phonetic ability, identity and language ego, and motivation and concern for good speaking. The points of those problems are related with condition of students. In relation to the external problems, teaching speaking has a challenge to make suitable classroom hours because English lesson is only given four hours a week in senior high schools. As a result, the students have limited time to improve their ability in English. They do not have enough time to practice speaking outside the classroom because the teacher should teach based on the syllabus..
Teaching method is very important to research because it is the way of presenting instructional materials or conducting instructional activities. According to
Alvin (in Nurhayati, 2001), “Teaching is an activity that tries to help someone
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teaching methods, the teacher will feel difficult to deliver their subject matter. Because many students are interested in something new related to the subject matter, teachers have to know about the effective way of teaching. Despite its importance, for many years, teaching speaking has been undervalued, and English language teachers have continued to teach speaking just as a repetition of drills or memorization of dialogues.
In a previous research, Wijayanti (2008), found that the methods used by the teacher in teaching English at SMAN 2 Batu were audio-lingual method, direct method, grammar translation, and STAD (cooperative learning method). Meanwhile, Kurniawati (2006) found out that the Cooperative Learning Method used in a speaking subject in ESP class of University of Muhammadiyah Malang was successful when applied in heterogeneus groups.
Based on the explanation above, the writer is interested in conducting a
research entitled “TEACHING METHODS USED BY THE ENGLISH TEACHER
IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL FOR SECOND GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 3 BATU ”. This study is expected to be meaningful in giving information and description of the teaching speaking method.
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knowing the problems and the causes of the problems, the solution will be easily identified. And the later the teaching-learning of speaking process will run well.
However, some problems in relation to teaching methods of speaking arise at
senior high schools. Based on the researcher’s preliminary observation at SMA
Muhammadiyah 3 Batu, for example, English becomes one of the subjects that
difficult is to learn. The students’ ability in understanding the content of conversation
in that school is poor. In the other words, most of the students can not speak fluently because they have not basic knowledge in vocabularies. This can be seen from the
mean score of the students’ speaking skill, that is 50.
With those reasons, the researcher is interested in analyzing the teaching methods used by the teacher in teaching speaking at SMA Muhammadiyah 3 Batu. Besides, the reseacher chooses SMA Muhammadiyah 3 Batu because she taught English subject when she got PPL there. So, it will help the researcher study the kinds of teaching methods used by the teacher and the problem he faced.
1.2 Statement of the Problems
Based on the previous background of the study, this study is trying to answer the following problems :
1. What kinds of methods does the teacher use in teaching speaking skill at SMA Muhammadiyah 03 Batu?
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3. How does the teacher solve his problems in using the teaching methods for speaking skill at SMA Muhammadiyah 03 Batu?
1.3 Objective of the Study
Based on the statement of the problems above, the objective of the study are :
1. To know the kinds of teaching methods used by the teacher in speaking skill at SMA Muhammadiyah 03 Batu.
2. To know the problems faced by the teacher in using the teaching methods for speaking skill at SMA Muhammadiyah 03 Batu.
3. To know the teacher’ solution of the problems in using the methods of teaching speaking skill at SMA Muhammadiyah 03 Batu.
1.4 Significance of the Study
It is expected that the result of this study will be useful for the English teachers. By knowing the kinds of teaching methods, the problems faced by the teacher in using the teaching methods and the teacher’ solution of the problems in using the methods of teaching speaking, the teachers will be able to choose and determine the appropriate method to teach speaking to their students with knowing
the students’ respond and condition of the students in the classroom. It will help the
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process of learning speaking and to encourage them to improve their competence. Third, for futher researchers, it is hoped that the result of this study will give additional important information to investigate and analyze the other aspects of the methods in teaching speaking.
1.5 Scope of Limitation
The scope of this study is on the kinds of teaching methods, the problems
faced by the teacher in using the teaching methods and the teacher’ solution of the
problems in using the methods of teaching speaking and this study is limited only for one teacher who teaches at SMA Muhammadiyah 3 Batu especially at the second grade.
1.6 Definition of the Key Terms
To avoid misunderstanding, it is necessary to define the key terms used in this study.
1. Teaching is showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, giving instruction, guiding in the study of something, providing with knowledge causing to know or understand ( Brown, 1994 ). In this study, teaching is the action of giving instruction of speaking skill to make the students understand. 2. Strategy usually requires some sort of planning for setting goals. It used for
helping the teacher faced with a new situation.
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way of delivering the matter or information to the students for reaching the goal of speaking skill.
4. Technique is the various methods and process developed through knowledge, skill, and experience. It is a classroom device or activity and it is more specific than method.
5. Teaching Method is a way of presenting instructional materials or conducting instructional activities. In this study, a teaching method is a strategy a teacher uses to present the instructional materials of speaking.
6. Teaching strategy refers to the teacher's teaching stlye, “what” and “how” the
teachers instruction should aim to include all types of learners (Marcella 2007 in Putri 2010). It means the teacher's own way of trying their best to help students learn to speak.
7. Teaching technique is an activity that used by the teacher with the sneaky tricks he/ she all know and use to get the job done in the classroom.
8. Speakingis the action of conveying information or expressing one’s thoughts
and feelings in a spoken language. In this study, speaking is the students’ skill
in conveying information in a spoken form.
9. Problems is dealing with difficult choices and a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved. In this study, problems is an experiences that faced by the teacher in using teaching method of speaking skill.
