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ACTIVITIES IN TEACHING THE SPEAKING SKILL TO

STUDENTS WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT

(A Case Study at a Second-grade of Senior High School Level of

Visually-impaired Students in Bandung)

A Research Paper

Submitted to English Education Department as a partial fulfillment for the

requirement of Sarjana Pendidikan degree

By

Asri Safitri

0809329

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION

INDONESIA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

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ACTIVITIES IN TEACHING THE SPEAKING SKILL TO STUDENTS

WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT

(A Case Study at a Second-grade of Senior High School Level of

Visually-impaired Students in Bandung)

Oleh

Asri Safitri

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Oktober 2013

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ACTIVITIES IN TEACHING THE SPEAKING SKILL TO STUDENTS

WITH VISION IMPAIRMENT

(A Case Study at a Second-Grade of Senior High School Level of

Visually-Impaired Students in Bandung)

A Research Paper

By

Asri Safitri

0809329

Approved by:

Main Supervisor,

Prof. Fuad Abdul Hamied, M.A., Ph.D. NIP. 195008211974121001

Co-Supervisor,

Rojab Siti Rodliyah, S.Pd., M.Ed. NIP. 197308062002122001

Head of English Education Department Faculty of Language and Arts Education

Indonesia University of Education

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ABSTRACT

This study entitled “Activities in Teaching the Speaking Skill to the Students with Vision Impairment” is aimed at investigating the variety of speaking activities conducted by the teacher and students’ responses to the implementation of those activities. This study employed a qualitative research design and a case study approach. The data were collected through observations, interview and questionnaires where the participants were an English teacher and students with vision impairment. To analyze the data, Thornburry’s (2005) categories of classroom speaking activities were used. The findings reveal that there were five kinds of speaking activities conducted by the teacher within four weeks; drilling, dictation, conversation and chat, guessing games, and word-cued task. Regarding the students’ responses, there were positive responses of the students toward English, speaking skill and the activities conducted by the teacher. This study, therefore, suggests that future researcher should conduct similar research involving more participants in higher and lower grade as well as more time to gain more details of activities in teaching speaking.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION ... i

PREFACE ... ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... iii

ABSTRACT ... v

TABLE OF CONTENT ... vi

LIST OF TABLES ... ix

LIST OF FIGURES ... x

LIST OF APPENDICES ... xi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background ... 1

1.2 Statement of Problems ... 3

1.3 Aims of the Study ... 3

1.4 Scope of the Study ... 4

1.5 Significance of the Study ... 4

1.6 Clarification of Terms ... 4

1.7 Organization of Paper ... 5

CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FOUNDATION 2.1 Visually-Impaired Students ... 8

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2.3 Activities in Teaching the Speaking Skill to Students withVision

Impairment... 13

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Formulation of Problem... 20

3.2 Research Design ... 20

3.3 Research Site and Participants ... 22

3.4 Data Collection ... 23

3.4.1 Classroom Observation ... 23

3.4.2 Interview ... 25

3.4.3 Questionnaire ... 26

3.5 Data Collecting Procedures ... 27

3.6 Data Analysis ... 27

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 4.1 Activities in Teaching Speaking ... 31

4.1.1 Drilling ... 33

4.1.2 Dictation ... 37

4.1.3 Conversation and Chat ... 39

4.1.4 Guessing Game ... 42

4.1.5 Word-Cued Task ... 43

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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ... 55

5.2 Suggestions ... 56

REFERENCES

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LIST OF TABLES

3.1 Observation Schedule ... 24

3.2 Interview Guideline ... 25

3.3 Categorization of the Questionnaire ... 26

4.1 Speaking Activities Proposed by Thornburry (2005) ... 31

4.2 Speaking Activities Conducted by the Teacher ... 32

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LIST OF FIGURES

4.1 Students’ Attitude toward English ... 46

4.2 Students’ Attitude toward English ... 47

4.3 Students’ Attitude toward Speaking Skill ... 48

4.4 Students’ Response to the Activities Conducted by the Teacher ... 50

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LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX A Research Instruments

APPENDIX B Observation Results

APPENDIX C Video Transcripts

APPENDIX D Interview Transcript

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

This first chapter presents the introduction of the research paper. It is

devoted to several parts namely background, statement of problems, aims of the

study, the scope of the study, the significance of the study, clarification of terms,

and organization of paper.

1.1. Background

English is an important foreign language that plays a significant role in the

context of education. The importance of English leads people to study English for

different needs and purposes. Those differences directly are accommodated

through the variety of teaching activities used by the teacher in delivering the

materials in language learning. Pinter (2006) states that teachers need to develop

successful activities based on students’ needs in language learning. In line with

that statement, Harmer (2007:102) argues that teachers need to try to match the

activities they take into lesson with the students they are teaching. Thus, the

statements above suggest that it is important for the teacher to consider the

students’ need in selecting activities to deliver the materials.

In fact, every student has different needs which need to be taken care of.

Interestingly, there are some students with difficulties, disorders or disabilities.

There are many types of disability or special needs disorders could be faced in the

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impairment is a generic term that covers a range of difficulties with vision and

includes the following categories: blind, legally blind, partially sighted, low

vision, and cortically visually impaired. Moreover, she adds that vision

impairment can be caused by diseases, trauma, or an inborn or degenerative

condition that cannot be corrected by conventional way. The students with vision

impairment have limited skills for learning, in this case learning English. Thus,

education can be a difficult process for the people who have a significant

limitation of visual capability (Joy, 2010). Furthermore, Newman (2004:12)

emphasizes that students with special needs often need more help, stimulation,

and encouragement to develop skills than other students. It can be concluded that

teaching English to disabled students are different from teaching the normal one

since they have diverse abilities and learning needs. These differences could be on

the teaching activities developed by the teacher.

Because of the limitation in their vision, students with vision impairment

are better to learn through audio and oral way. Therefore, one of the English

language skills which is considered to be the most required in teaching to

visually-impaired students is speaking. However, there are some problems in

teaching speaking in the class because the ability to speak English is a very

complex task considering the nature of what is involved in speaking (Widiati and

Cahyono, 2006:278). Along with the ideas above, Kayi (2006) as cited in

Wulandari (2011) proposes:

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sentences according to the proper social setting, audience, situation, and subject matter; organize thoughts in a meaningful and logical sequence; use language as a means of expressing values and judgments; use the language quickly and confidently with few unnatural pauses, which is called as fluency.

By considering those complexities, one aspect in teaching speaking which is

important for teacher to be taken care of is the development of activities.

To conclude, this study is concerned with the teaching speaking activities

which were conducted by the teacher in a special needs class with

visually-impaired students and investigate visually-visually-impaired students' responses to the

implementation of teaching speaking activities conducted by the teacher.

1.2. Statement of Problems

This research was conducted to find the answers to the following

questions:

1. What are the activities used by the teacher in teaching the speaking skill in a

special needs class with visually-impaired students?

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impaired students; (2) discovering how the students' responses to the

implementation of teaching activities conducted by the teachers in a special needs

class with visually-impaired students.

1.4. Scope of the Study

The main focus of the research is the activities conducted by the teacher in

teaching the speaking skill to student with vision impairment in a special needs

class. In order to limit the focus of the research, it only focused on an English

teacher in a second-grade of senior high school level of visually-impaired students

in Bandung.

This study also investigated the students’ responses to the implementation

of teaching activities conducted by the teachers in a special needs class with

visually-impaired students.

1.5. Significance of the Study

The results of the study are expected to provide a comprehensive

description about the activities used by the teacher in teaching speaking skill to

students with vision impairment. By doing so, it is also expected to make valuable

contributions to the improvement of teaching English to students with vision

impairment. In addition, this study is expected to be beneficial for others who will

do the study in the same field.

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To avoid misconception, in this study several terms are clarified as follow.

1. Teaching activities are a unified set of action or something to do in the

classroom as the learning process of students provided by the teacher.

(Cameron, 2001:22). However, in this study teaching activities include

any activities which are conducted by the teachers in teaching speaking

skill in the classroom with visually-impaired students.

2. Speaking skill means productive skill in the oral mode. In this study

speaking skills are learned by vision impaired students through any

activities conducting by the teachers.

3. Speaking activities refer to what Harmer (2001:87) said that students

are using any and all the language at their command to perform some

kind of oral task. In this study, it means that all tasks which should be

completed by the students, such as language games, conversation and

discussion.

4. Visually-impaired students refer to students who medically verified

visual impairment accompanied by limitations in sight that interfere

with acquiring information or interaction with the environment to the

extent that special education instruction and related services may be

needed.

1.7. Organization of Paper

The paper is organized in order to make the paper arranged systematically.

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The first chapter is an introduction of the study that consists of background,

statement of problems, aims of the study, the scope of the research, the

significance of the study, clarification of terms, and research paper

organization. This chapter functions to connect an empty space between the

readers and the writer at the beginning (Moriati, 1997:84 cited in Emilia,

2009:140)

2. Chapter II

This second chapter deals with review of related literature. It covers the

theories that are relevant to the present study, which are (1) visually

impairment students, which starts from the definitions of vision impairment

and the learning characteristics of students with vision impairment; (2)

teaching English to visually-impaired students the activities in teaching

speaking to students with vision impairment.

3. Chapter III

Chapter III is research methodology. This chapter functions to give a

comprehensive description about research procedure and how to analyze the

data (Calabrese, 2006 cited in Emilia, 2009:188). It deals with research

method which covers formulation of problem; research design; research site

and participant; data collection techniques such as classroom observation,

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This chapter discusses the research findings and discussion. The research

finding elaborates the activities used by the teacher in teaching the speaking

skill in a special needs class with vision impairment students and the students'

responses to the implementation of teaching activities conducted by the

teachers in a special needs class with vision impairment students.

5. Chapter V

Finally, the last chapter presents the conclusion of the study and the

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CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter discusses things related to the way this research was

conducted, which consist of six sections. The first section presents the formulation

of problem. In section two, the design of the present research is explained. Then,

the third section explains where data were collected and who the participants

were. The fourth section explains how data were collected. The fifth section

describes the data collection procedures. Furthermore, the last section presents the

data analysis.

3.1. Formulation of Problem

This study was conducted to describe the activities used by the teachers in

teaching the speaking skill. The present study mainly was aimed to:

1. investigate the activities used by the teacher in teaching the speaking skill in a

special need class with visually-impaired students;

2. discover how the visually-impaired students respond to the implementation of

teaching activities conducted by the teacher.

3.2. Research Design

A research design is the logic that links the data to be collected and the

conclusions to be drawn to the initial question of study (Yin, 2003:19). In this

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Qualitative method was considered relevant in this study because of two main

reasons: (1) the researcher only explored speaking activities which are developed

in the classroom by the teacher and did not attempt to develop those activities, and

(2) the researcher was not the participant who observed a phenomenon found in

teaching English to visually-impaired students in terms of classroom activities.

With regard to those reasons, Alwasilah (2002) states that the researchers

on qualitative studies focus on phenomena with internal validity and contextual

understanding. It is in line with Fraenkel and Wallen (1990) who argue that

qualitative research focuses on description of the situation or events that happen in

detail.

This study used a case study as a research method which is common

in social science. Nunan (1992:79) defines that a case study is the investigation of

a single instance of a class of objects or entities in the context in which they occur.

Along with the ideas above, Gerring (2007:20) states that a case study may be

understood as the intensive study of a single case where the purpose of that study

is to shed light on a larger class of cases (a population). Based on clasification of a

case study from Merriam (1988), this study can be categorized as descriptive case

study, because it presents a detailed account of the phenomenon under study. As

cited in Nunan (1992:78), Adelman et al. (1976) suggest that there are several

advantages of adapting a case study as a method research; firstly, a case study is

strong in reality; a second strength, it can represent a multiplicity of viewpoints

and can offer support to alternative interpretations; thirdly, it also provides a

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case study data are usually more accessible than conventional research reports and

therefore capable of serving multiple audiences.

According to Gerring (2007:33), a case study may employ a great variety

of techniques for the gathering and analysis of evidence. There are six sources of

evidence that are most commonly used in doing case studies; documentation,

archival records, interviews, questionnaires, direct-observations,

participant-observation, and physical artifacts (Yin 2003:85).

As the use of various sources is highly complementary, the data in this

study were gained through multiple source of evidence (Yin, 2003: 83; Lodico,

2006:264; Gerring, 2007:17) that were classroom observation, interview, and

questionnaires. The multiple data collection were conducted by the researcher

since Yin (2003:85) emphasizes that the various source are highly recommended,

and a good case study will therefore want to use as many sources as possible.

Thus, the weakness of one data collection method can be covered with the

strength of another data collection method.

3.3. Research Site and Participants

This study was conducted in a second-grade of senior high school level of

visually-impaired students in Bandung. The participants in this study were an

English teacher and all students with vision impairment in one classroom. There

were four students; one student with low vision, one student with functionally

blindness and two students with blindness (Carney et al., 2003:3). Meanwhile, in

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skill, the teacher would be the main participant of the research. Besides, students

would be the participants to find out their responses to the implementation of the

activities conducted by the teacher.

The selection of participants in this school was based on the accessibility

of the researcher to this school, the willingness of the teachers to be observed, and

all the students which are taught by the teacher.

3.4. Data Collection

Qualitative data are often gathered in the form of words, pictures, or both

(Lodico et al. 2006:116). To be scientific and to prevent bias, Lodico et al.

(2006:11) assert that the data collection process must be systematic and the data

recorded with accuracy. Qualitative researchers use a variety of research tools, but

they often prefer to conduct classroom observations, carry out interviews, and

distribute questionnaires.

3.4.1. Classroom Observation

Although observation is a large part of how we learn (Bandura, Grusec, &

Menlove, 1966 as cited in Lodico et al., 2006:117), observation as a tool of

research requires systematic and careful examination of the phenomena being

studied. Specifically, researchers who choose to use observation must conduct

their observations in a way that results in accurate, unbiased, and richly detailed

information. Moreover, as the data gathering device, classroom observation may

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certain types of information can best be obtained using direct examination by the

researcher. Along with the ideas above, Yin (2003:93) suggests that observational

evidence is often useful in providing additional information about the topic being

studied.

In answering the first question related to the activities conducted by the

teacher in teaching the speaking skill to students with vision impairment, this

study administered classroom observations in four meetings. The following table

presented the schedule of the observations.

Table 3.1

Observations Schedule

No. Date Class Topic

1. Tuesday, July 30, 2013 XI Bahasa Hotel Receptionist 2. Tuesday, August 20, 2013 XI Bahasa Global Workers 3. Tuesday, August 27, 2013 XI Bahasa Job

4. Tuesday, September 3, 2013 XI Bahasa School and Hobbies

To conduct the observations, videotaping was used in order to gather the

data. Fraenkel and Wallen (1990) claim that by using videotape, the researcher

will get benefit such as the videotaping can be replayed for several times in order

to check and correct the data. In addition, observation checklist and note taking

were also conducted during the videotaping (see appendix A for the instrument).

Observation checklist was administered to identify the teaching activities

conducted by the teacher and field note was used to describe everything happen in

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One of the most important and essential sources of a case study

information is the interview (Yin, 2003:89). Interview is a technique of verbal

communication to gather the information. Best (1981) states that through

interview technique, the researcher may stimulate the subject to gather insight into

the researcher own experience. In addition, several reasons of using an interview

as a source of evidence are proposed by Alwasilah (2002) who says that in using

an interview the researcher can explain or paraphrase the questions when it cannot

be understood by respondents; the researcher can ask follow-up questions; and the

last the respondents can tell something that happened in the past or will happen in

the future.

The interview in this study was addressed to English teacher to get

additional information about the activities used in teaching speaking which was

conducted on Monday, September 19, 2013. To conduct the interview,

audio-tapping was used in recording the interview. These interviews consist of nine

questions which were organized in the following guideline.

Table 3.2 Interview Guideline

No. Question

Number Objectives

1. 1 To know the teacher’s experience in teaching English

2. 2-4 To identify teacher’s preparation in teaching speaking

3. 5 To find out the activities used by the teacher in teaching speaking

4. 6-7 To reveal the reasons and considerations in conducting the activities.

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Questionnaires relevant to this study, along with observation and

interview, were also gathered to obtain the data. Questionnaires were

administrated to the students to gain the data about their response towards the

implementation of teaching speaking activities that was employed by the teacher.

The questionnaires were divided into 2 parts, the first one is closed questionnaires

which consist of 20 close-ended statements; and the second part is open

questionnaires which consist of four questions. The statements and questions were

given in Bahasa Indonesia in order to help the student easily express their

thoughts. Moreover, the questionnaires could be categorized to the four general

classifications; students’ attitude toward English, students’ attitude toward

speaking skill, students’ response to the activities conducted by the teacher, and

students’ response to the most and the least liked activities. The following table

revealed those categorizations.

5-8 (negative) students’ attitude toward English 2. 9-12 students’ attitude toward speaking skill

3. 13-20 students’ response to the activities conducted by the teacher

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In conducting the study, there are several steps that have been employed as

follows:

1. Conducting classroom observations.

2. Videotaping and note taking of teaching speaking activities.

3. Interviewing the teacher in order to get additional information of the speaking

activities.

4. Carrying out the questionnaires to the students in order to get the data related

to the implementation of speaking activities conducted by the teacher.

5. Transcribing the recording of the observations and interview.

6. Analyzing the transcription and observation sheet to examine speaking

activities used by the teacher in the classroom.

7. Analyzing the data from the questionnaires to find students responses toward

the implementation of those activities.

8. Presenting the result of the study

3.6. Data Analysis

The data in this study are qualitative data which were obtained through

classroom observations, interview and questionnaires. The data collected were

analyzed based on the research questions, which are the teaching speaking

activities used by the teacher for students with visual impairment and the

visually-impaired students' responses toward the implementation of teaching activities

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According to Gall et al. (1996) who outlined three approaches to case data

analysis, the data analysis of this study are structural analysis which investigated

patterns which may be found in conversations, text, activities, etc., with little or

no explication as to pattern meaning. Furthermore, Yin (2011:177) draws that

there are five-phased cycle of analyzing qualitative data; compiling,

disassembling, reassembling (and arraying), interpreting, and concluding.

1. Compiling

The analysis is begun with compiling and sorting the field notes and other data

collection which are conducted through classroom observations and interview

in order to examine the teaching speaking activities used by the teacher for

students with visual impairment. In this cycle, the researcher reviewed the

video recording, re-listened the audio recording, and reread the field notes,

then transcribed it into a written form. Moreover, all of the exact words of

participants are recorded such as pauses, laughter, interruption, and places

where the tape is inaudible or not understandable.

Moreover, in order to examine the visually-impaired students' responses

toward the implementation of teaching activities conducted by the teacher, the

analysis begins with compiling and sorting the answer from the students, field

notes and other data collection which are conducted through questionnaires. In

this cycle, the researcher re-listened the audio recording and reread the data

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In this cycle, the researcher reviewed and explored the data by assigning new

labels or codes to selected words, phrases, or other chunks of data (Lodico,

2006:304; Yin, 2011:186). According to Lodico (2006:304), this cycle began

with examined all of the different sources of data together to understand the

scope of their data before divided them into more manageable chunks

organized through codes.

3. Reassembling (and arraying)

Then, the researcher used coding and categorization to see the pattern from

data collection to get the aim of the study and descriptive analysis to describe

and clarify the data. Coding is the process of identifying different segments of

the data that describe related phenomena and labeling the parts using broad

category names (Lodico, 2006:305). This cycle started from the coding

process and then the process of organizing the data into piles. Moreover, Yin

(2011:191) adds that in this cycle the researcher revised the relevant data

arrays.

4. Interpreting

In this cycle, after the data have been coded, the researcher interpreted the

findings and presented it into detailed descriptions. According to Lodico

(2006:307) the goal of this step is to provide rich, in-depth descriptions, and

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Finally, in this cycle, the researcher drew the conclusion by reporting it in a

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CHAPTER V

CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

This final chapter presents conclusions and suggestions from the research.

The conclusions are formulated from the findings and discussions of the research.

Furthermore, the suggestions will be presented for further researcher that will

study in the same field, teaching English to students with vision impairment.

5.1. Conclusions

This present study was aimed at investigating the activities conducted by

the teacher in teaching the speaking skill to students with vision impairment. It

was also conducted to find out the visually-impaired students’ responses to the

implementation of teaching speaking activities conducted by the teacher in the

classroom. Based on the data analysis, some conclusion can be drawn as the

following.

Regarding the activities in teaching the speaking skill which were gathered

through observation and interview, it was found that the teacher conducted five

kinds of speaking activities as proposed by Thornburry (2005), which were

drilling, dictation, discussion, guessing games, and word-cued task. According to

her classification of speaking activities, those activities can be categorized to

appropriation activities and autonomy activities.

Moreover, concerning the students’ responses, it was found that the

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activities conducted by the teacher in teaching the speaking skill. It can be seen

from the analysis of the questionnaires result in the previous chapter. In addition,

the students stated that conversation was the activities they like the most since in

that activity they could practice speaking more.

5.2. Suggestions

Based on the research findings, discussions and conclusions of this

research, the researcher proposes several suggestions for both English teachers

and future researcher.

Firstly, this paper only provides a holistic description of how speaking

activities were conducted in the classroom. Therefore, the observer may be

undertaken to investigate the media or learning aids used by the teacher as well as

the processes of the activity.

Secondly, the writer only carried out the observation for four weeks, thus

this research might only capture the activities conducting by the teacher in limited

period. The suggestion is that the observation should be conducted in a longer

period. Therefore, the observer can gather more data and have enough time to

analyze the data.

Third, the total number of students with vision impairment is not as large

as non-disabled students. In this research there were only four students in one

classroom. Therefore, the next observer may gather the data from different

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Last, the activities conducted by the teacher in teaching the speaking skill

to students with vision impairment were mostly passive activities. Therefore, the

teacher may conduct the activities which require students to speak actively such as

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Table 3.1 Observations Schedule
Table 3.2 Interview Guideline
Table 3.3 Categorization of the Questionnaires

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