The Speaking Task Series Way in Assisting Second Language
Learners’ Produce Past Tense Verb in Retelling a Story
THESIS
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Sarjana Pendidikan
Nurul Rahmawati Endayani 112007155
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
The Speaking Task Series Way in Assisting Second Language
Learners’ Produce Past Tense Verb in Retelling a Story
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
The Speaking Task Series Way in Assisting Second Language
Learners’ Produce Past Tense Verb in Retelling a Story
THESIS
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Sarjana Pendidikan
Nurul Rahmawati Endayani 112007155
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The Speaking Task Series Way in assisting Second Language Learners’ Produce Past
Tense Verb in Retelling A Story
Nurul Rahmawati Endayani
Satya Wacana Christian University
Abstract
Learning grammar becomes crucial for English learners, especially when learners conduct the past tense in spoken language, rather than in written language. Unfortunately, teachers rarely apply reinforcement activity to assist student in producing past tense. Research results suggest that task series positively affects spoken task performance. Therefore, the general purpose of the study was to describe the use of speaking task series in assisting the way of second language learners produce past tense verb in retelling a story. This study used descriptive method under the research framework of a qualitative study. The participants were three English Department students, around 20-21 years old, using convenient sampling. They were told to retell a story from a movie titled Granny O Grimm. They did it four times, in series. Their performance was analyzed by listing, counting and describing the correct use of past tense verbs produced. The finding showed that students improved their score in the correct use of past tense verbs. They could reduce their mistakes in great number during the tasks. They also produced Monitor which could correct their mistakes while they were speaking by themselves. These findings may suggest that task series could be used as an alternative to conventional method in teaching past tense verbs in the classroom.
Key words: past tense verb, speaking, task series
Introduction
For English learners, grammar is crucial because it is the basic aspect in the learning
