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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DEBATE IN TEACHING SPEAKING TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF RSBI (RINTISAN SEKOLAH
BERTARAF INTERNASIONAL) CLASS AT SMP N 1 BOYOLALI
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree
in English Department
by
FATIMAH YULIANI
A.320.050.354
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
1 A. Background of the Study
As a foreign language in Indonesia, English is learned seriously by many people to have a good prospect in the community of international world. Recently, English becomes important. Since it’s important, English is taught widely at formal school starting from elementary school up to universities; even at informal school i.e. courses.
There are four English skills to learn, namely speaking, reading, writing, and listening skill. Speaking seems intuitively the most important skill to master. The success is measured in terms of the ability to carry out conversation in language speaking in an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing, receiving, and processing information. Speaking is very important because by mastering speaking skill, people can carry out conversations with others, give the ideas and exchange the information with others. Hence, in speaking classroom the learners should work as much as possible on their own, talk to one another directly and not through the medium of teacher.
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to use a language; expressing oneself in words; making a speech. In short, speaking skill is the ability to perform the linguistic knowledge in the actual communication. By speaking with others, we are able to know what kinds of situation are in the world.
There are several methods which are used by the teacher for teaching speaking. The method should be interesting to interest students in teaching learning process. One of the teaching methods in teaching speaking is debate method. It is seen as an active learning process because students will learn more through a process constructing and creating, working in a group and also sharing knowledge.
Debate is a teaching strategy to improve verbal communication and critical-thinking skills. Debate is presented as a valuable learning activity for teaching critical thinking and improving communication skills. Debating is an effective pedagogical strategy because of the level of responsibility for learning and active involvement required by all student debaters (http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18173892). Maryadi (2008: 16) states that “debate can motivate students’ thinking, moreover if they must defend their stand or opinion which is in contradiction with conviction themselves”. This strategy can involve all students to be active, not only debate performer.
Rintisan Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional (RSBI) refers to a path of international standardized school. RSBI is an Indonesia government program in education which is implemented with developing quality of school to be an international standardized school. Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional (SBI) is a national school which prepares the students with National Education Standard, in Indonesian is Standar Nasional Pendidikan (SNP ) which has an international quality and the graduation from it has international competitive capacity.
“Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional adalah sekolah yang sudah
memenuhi seluruh Standar Nasional Pendidikan (SNP) dan diperkaya dengan mengacu pada standar pendidikan salah satu
negara anggota Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) dan/atau negara maju lainnya yang mempunyai keunggulan tertentu dalam bidang pendidikan sehingga memiliki daya saing di forum Internasional (http:// edu_media.org/sbi.php.)”
SMP Negeri 1 Boyolali is a n international standardized school. This school has good quality that is carried by multimedia facilities and classroom satisfied. This school also uses bilingual in teaching learning process especially using English language.
Based on the background above the writer decides to carry out a research entitle d "THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DEBATE IN TEACHING SPEAKING TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF RSBI (RINTISAN
SEKOLAH BERTARAF INTERNASIONAL) CLASS AT SMP NEGERI 1
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field, second, SMP Negeri I Boyolali is an international standardized school
(RSBI School) and also the best school in Boyolali and third, the school has
good achievements of their graduates.
B. Problem of the Study
Based on the background of the study, the writer formulates the problems
of the study as follows:
1. How is the implementation of debate technique in teaching speaking to the first year of RSBI class at SMP Negeri 1 Boyolali?
a. What are the procedures of teaching speaking using debate? b. What are activities in teaching speaking using debate?
c. What are the problems faced by the teacher and the students in teaching speaking using debate?
2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of debate technique in teaching speaking?
C. Objective of the Study
Based on the problem of study mentioned above, the writer formulates some objective s of the study as follows:
a. To describe the procedures of debate technique in teaching speaking at RSBI class, especially at the first year students of SMP Negeri 1 Boyolali.
b. To describe the kinds of activities in teaching speaking using debate technique.
c. To describe the problems faced by teacher and the students in teaching speaking using debate.
2. To describe the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of debate technique in teaching speaking.
D. Limitation of the Study
This research has broader scope and it is impossible for the writer to handle all problems. Therefore, the writer limits the scope of the study. The limitations of the study are:
1. The subject of the study is limited to the English teacher and the first year students of SMP Negeri 1 Boyolali especially for class RSBI.
2. The object of study is only focused on teaching speaking using debate.
E. Benefits of the Study
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1. Theoretical benefit:
a. The finding of this research will enrich the theory of students` speaking mastery.
b. The result of the research paper can be a useful input in teaching speaking using debate method.
2. Practical benefit:
a. The reader will get a large knowledge about teaching speaking using debate method.
b. It will give the information and knowledge about the implementation of debate method in teaching speaking.
F. Research Paper Organization
The writer constructs the research paper organization in order to make the readers understand the content of the paper. This research paper study is divided into five chapters that will be organized as follows:
Chapter I is introduction. This chapter deals with the background of the Study, problem of the study, objective of the study, limitation of the study, benefits of the study, and research paper organization.
Chapter III is research method. This chapter deals with type of the study, subject of the study, object of the study, data and data sources, method of colle cting data , and technique for analyzing data.
Chapter IV is research and discussion. In this chapter discusses the results or findings of the implementation of debate in teaching speaking to the first year students of RSBI class at SMP Negeri 1 Boyolali.
