Judul Skripsi: “The Effectiveness of Small Group Work (Discussion) in Improving Students' Speaking Skills for Year 10 at SMA Pesantren Putri Yatama Mandiri”. Judul Proposal: The Effectiveness of Small Group Work (Discussion) in Improving Students' Speaking Skills for Tenth Grade at SMA Pesantren Putri Yatama Mandiri. Muin and M. Arif Paturusi). The purpose of the study was to find out whether or not small group work can improve the speaking skills of tenth grade students. The researcher applied a pre-experimental method, with one group pre-test and post-test. test design that used a fluency test to find out the students' fluency based on accuracy (grammar, vocabulary) and fluency (fluency, accent) in the pre- and post-test.
Data collected through the speech test using the recorder. The result of the data analysis showed that there was a significant difference in the speaking ability of the students before and after the training through small group work. Based on the result of the analysis, the researcher concluded that working in small groups can improve the speaking ability of the tenth grade students of SMA Pesantren Putri Yatama Mandiri Kab. Effectiveness of small group work (discussion) in improving students' speaking ability in tenth grade SMA Pesantren Putri Yatama Mandiri.
Effectiveness of small group work (discussion) in improving students' speaking ability for the tenth grade at SMA Pesantren Putri Yatama Mandiri. Effectiveness of small group work (discussion) in improving students' speaking ability for the tenth grade at SMA Pesantren Putri Yatama Mandiri.
INTRODUCTION
- Problem Statement
- Objective of the Study
- Significance of the Study
- Scope of the Study
While students are the target of the learning process, they are required to be more active in learning to speak. Based on the above statements, the writer wants to present a method that could be used by teachers to improve students' speaking ability. It was small group work, in this case the students were in a discussion group. Small group discussion is an activity in which students try to argue their ideas, opinions or positions, and according to Walton, group methods also encourage interaction between peers and increase the ability to work in a team, a skill that is increasingly needed in pre-professional practice.
Therefore, the author conducted the research under the title "The effectiveness of small group work (discussion) to improve students". Regarding the problem above, the aim of the research was to find out whether the students' speaking ability can be improved through Small Group Work or not. The result of the research was expected as a reference for the teacher in the implementation of good teaching and learning process especially in speaking.
And other for students, they would be invited to share and say an idea through Small Group Work so that they can improve their speaking ability. The indicators of this research were used to measure the variable that indicated the limitation of the research.
REVIEW RELATED LITERATURE
Concept of Speaking
- The kinds of speaking
- Characteristic of a successful speaking activity
Small Group Work
- Definition of Small Group Work
- Purpose of Small Group Work
- The Use of Small Group
- The Roles of Students in Small Group
- The Roles of Teacher in Small Group
- Speaking in Small Group
According to Walton, small group work is a method of establishing free communication between the group leader and the members, and among all participants. Through work in small groups, participants can learn a lot from their fellow human beings, in a form of communication that cannot take place in a lecture hall (Westberg and Jason in Walton, 1997: 459). Hill in Lubis (2008:17) states that using small groups in teaching can increase students' speaking time.
Activities in the language classroom can be carried out by students in small groups. Small groups allow for a more efficient division of labor in tackling a range of questions and problems. In general, it is feasible to use a small group in courses to provide both positive and negative feedback on grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation criteria.
Savage in Lubis (2008:19) divides some steps to apply the Small Group strategy as follows; Despite these benefits, small group work is not always used in the best possible way. As with all instructional methods, the success of small group techniques depends largely on the case for which they are designed and used.
The teacher explains that members of the professional team will gather some information because they may support a controversial proposal. Likewise, members of the scam team will gather information that can be used to attack the same controversial proposal. Students in small groups are like a number of groups learning to solve the group problem.
Jacques in Natsir (2007:21) states that there are three main activities that small group teachers must manage simultaneously: . a. manage the group. b. manage activities. c. the learning management. In many small group teaching situations, the role of the teacher is that of facilitator of learning: leading discussions, asking open questions, guiding process and task, and enabling active participation of learners and engagement with ideas. Talk in small group Worka) Talk in small group in class a) Talk in small group in class.
Theoretical Framework
Hypothesis
METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH
Research Design
Variable
Population and Sample
Variable
Consequently, it is evident that fluency is an important component of communicative competence. It is an interesting speech game activity to relax students during speaking. After collecting the students' data, the researcher classified the students' score.
Below is a summary of the frequency and percentage score of students' accuracy in the pre- and post-test. None of the students were categorized as very poor, 3 (15%) of them were categorized as less, 12 (60%) of them were categorized as fair, 5 (25%) of them were categorized as good, and none of them was categorized as excellent. Below is a summary of the frequency and percentage score of the students' speaking skills in the pre- and post-test.
It is indicated that there is a significant difference between the results of the students' speaking when using small group work after the treatment. In other words, it can be concluded that small group work such as speaking instruction can improve students' speaking skills. Regarding the data collected through the pre-test and post-test, it was shown that the speaking skills of the tenth grade students of SMA Pesantren Putri Yatama Mandiri Kab.
This was supported by the frequency and percentage of students' pre-test and post-test score levels. Accuracy None of the students were categorized as poor, 3 (15%) of them categorized as less, 12 (60%) of them categorized as poor, 3 (15%) of them categorized as good, 5 (25%) of them it categorized them as good and none of them as excellent. A t-test was used to evaluate the research hypothesis, which shows that there is a significant difference between the students' speaking ability scores who rated according to accuracy (6.910), fluency (7.734) in the pre-test and post-test.
Based on all the data collected above, the researcher could conclude that most of the students needed to be motivated and small group work that could stimulate the students' interest. Shadow of what students think of if they see things like this. Improving the speaking ability of 2nd year students at smkn 1 Makassar through problem solving strategies.
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