INCREASE THE SPEAKING POWER OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SECOND GRADE OF THE MA MA'ARIF NU 02. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVERSATION STRATEGIES TO INCREASE THE SPEAKING POWER OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SECOND GRADE OF THE MA MA'ARIF NU 02. The subject of this research are the students of class XI MA Ma'arif NU 02 east lampung.
Based on the above data, the teacher needs a strategy that can encourage students' speaking skills. Therefore, the writer would like to conduct a research titled "Implementation of conversational strategies to enhance students' speaking skills in the second grade of MA Ma'arif NU 02 east lampung in the academic year. So the writer limits the problem to implementing conversation strategies to enhance students.
Based on the background of study and problem identification above, the author formulates the problem in this research is "Can the implementation of Conversation Strategies increase the students' speaking ability under the second degree of the MA Ma'arif NU 02 oos lampung in the academic year." Based on the problem formulation above, the aim of the study is to show that conversation strategies can increase the students' speaking ability in the second degree of the MA Ma'arif NU 02 ooslampung in the academic year 2017/2018".
INTRODUCTION
Background of Study
Problem Identification
Problem Limitation
Based on the problem identification above, the author only focuses on English speaking, that is, the students have a low ability to understand to speak in the conversation's class.
Problem Formulation
Objective and Benefit of The Study
The subject of this research is the second grade students of MA Ma’arif NU 02 east lampung. The writer uses performance conversational strategies to increase students' speaking ability. It means knowing the activity and process of the students in the class.
Pre-test and post-test are instrument research to know the influence of using conversational strategies towards students' speaking ability. Based on the results of the students' pretest, only 2 (6.46%) students passed the minimum standard criteria, which was 70. The writer recorded the students' speaking skills in the learning process of the speaking lesson, which makes a conversation strategy in the dialogue (topic) as an instrument.
To see the students' conversational strategies before implementing the treatment, the researcher conducted the pre-test. Based on the result of the students' pre-test, only 2 (6.46%) students passed the minimum standard criteria of 70. Conversational strategies can increase the students' speaking skills in the second class of MA Ma'arif NU 02 east lampung.
It can be seen that the average score of students' speaking ability before and after treatment, the score of pre-test, post-test 1 and post-test 2.
THE TEORITICAL REVIEW
Concept of Speaking Ability
- The Definition of Speaking Ability
- The Kinds of Speaking Ability
- The Problems of Teaching Speaking Ability
- The Assessment of Speaking
Concept of Conversational Strategies
- The Definition of Conversational Strategies
- The Principles of Conversational Strategies
- The Types of Conversational Strategies
The use convrsational strategies to increase speaking ability
- The Procedures of Conversational Strategies
- The Steps of Conversational Strategies
Action Hypothesis
RESEARCH METHOD
- Setting and Subject The Study
- Object of The Study
- Research Procedures
- Data Collection Method
- Research Instrument
- Data Analysis Technique
- Indicator of Success
In post-test 1 only 8 students scored well, but the students' test score was better than the students' test before giving the treatment.
RESULT OF THE RESEARCH AND
Result of The Research
- Brief History of MA Ma’arif NU 02 Sidorejo
- Vision, Mission and Goal of MA Ma’arif NU 02 Sidorejo
- List of Teachers and Staff in MA Ma’arif NU 02 Sidorejo
- Building Condition of MA Ma’arif NU 02 Sidorejo
- Total of The Students at MA Ma’arif NU 02 Sidorejo
- Location Sketch of MA Ma’arif NU 02 Sidorejo
- The School Organization
It is located at Ir sutami street 45 Lintas panjang-Sribhawono, Sidorejo, sekampung udik, East Lampung. Since the establishment of MA Ma'arif NU 02 East Lampung, this school has been led by the following principals:. Making MA Ma'arif educational institutions excellent in education based on faith, taqwa and noble character.
MA Ma'arif NU 02 east lampung has many buildings such as classroom, library, canteen and many others.
Description of Result Finding
In the pre-test, the researcher found out the problem of the students, such as the students don't have good self-confidence to speak English and the student has difficulty speaking well.
Description of The Research
- Cycle I
- Cycle II
This meeting began by praying and greeting, checking the attendance list and asking the students' condition. Before action, the teacher gave test (pre-test) to practice as perform based on the topic in the dialogues about pronouncing .. congratulation which was entitled the experience of the students' . personally in school. Afterwards, the researcher asked the students to practice and perform with groups in front of the class.
For the last meeting the result of the speaking test, most of the students were difficult to speak and fluently to carry out the dialogue used their own words. In this meeting, the students found it difficult to speak because the teacher had just explained a little about the dialogues. In this meeting, the researcher reviewed the oral test that the students did in the first meeting.
Here the researcher was as a teacher and the English teacher as a collaborator who observes the students' activities during the teaching learning process. From the result of the first meeting, it can be seen that most of the students had difficulties in realizing and practicing dialogues about the topic. Although there was an increase in the result from the first and second meeting, but the research should be continued in the next cycle because the average of the students has not yet reached the minimum standard criteria (70).
Furthermore, the researcher made an observation sheet consisting of list of students' name and list of the students' activities that will be observed during teaching learning process. After the teacher explained the material, the teacher gave the students dialogues about compliments. In those dialogues there are questions/answers than the teacher asked the students to perform.
This means that the time is up and the researcher has finished the lesson and reminded the students to learn about speaking again. We can conclude that the learning process went well and that the students were as active as in the first cycle. In the second cycle, the students were just as active in completing the tasks and the test as before.
Discussion
- The Result of Pre Test
- The Result of Post-Test Cycle 1
- The Result of Post-Test Cycle II
- The Comparison of Pre-test, Post-test 1, Post-test 2
The result of post-test cycle II, it showed that the result of post-test cycle II meets the minimum standard criteria where there were of 27 students got score ≥ 70 and only 4 students were successful yet. Based on observation and reflection in this cycle, the researcher and the collaborator definitely assumed that by implementing conversational strategies, many useful for the students to increase their speaking skills. It was supported by the result of students' scores at pre-test, post-test I and post-test II.
Interpretation
By applying the implementation of conversational strategies, students get more pleasure from the learning process. Conversational strategies can be used in the classroom to make students more active in the learning process. Based on the result of the implementation of conversation strategies in speaking teaching above, it could be concluded that the conversation strategies could increase the students' speaking ability and the teaching learning process in the 2nd grade of MA Ma.arif NU 02 östlampung in the academic year 2017 /2018.
Students must be more active in the learning process so that they can understand the material and increase their results, especially in speaking skills. The English teacher can use conversational strategies that are effective in increasing and motivating students to learn to speak. The principal should take a positive side of this strategy when the strategy is used in class, as conversational strategies can make students more attractive in class.
Derakhsan A, “Development of EFL Learners' Speaking Ability, Accuracy and Fluency, Gorgan, Iran: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016.
CONCLUSION
Conclusion
Suggestion
Cornbleet Sandra og Ronald Carter, The Language of Speech and Writing, London og New York: Routledge, 2000.
