TITLE: Improving Students' Speaking Skills through the English Club (an experimental study in the second grade of SMPN 3 Pinrang). Improving the speaking skills of students through the English Club at SMPN 3 Pinrang, under the dissertation of the Department of English Teaching of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar (led by Sulfasyah and Maharida). The research was aimed at improving the speaking skills of students through the English Club when teaching speaking, especially speaking skills.
The researcher used Pre Experimental Research with one group pre-test and post test design, and collected data by giving an oral test where the experimental class was treated by using English Club. The data were obtained by analyzing the students' pre- and post-tests. The results of this research showed that there was a significant improvement in the students' speaking ability. Related to the results of data obtained above, it can be concluded to use English Club in teaching.
This thesis has been written to fulfill one of the requirements for obtaining the degree from the English Department of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar. The great friends of the whole researcher from the English department, especially Gregarious Class, that the researcher can't write all of their names.
INTRODUCTION
Problem Statement
Objective of the Research
Significance of the Research 1. The students
Scope of the Research
Previous Related Research Findings
The similarity is to find out the effect of English club on students' English skills. The difference is the research objective, where all the above research findings do not focus on students' English proficiency, but the researcher in this research focuses on students' speaking ability. Based on the above statement, the researcher concludes that the research findings have shown that the English Club is effective in influencing students' English skills.
Some Partinent Ideas 1. Speaking
- Concepts of English Club
- Advantages and Disadvantages of English Club
Based on the above statements, there will be a desire to communicate on the part of the students and they will also have a communicative goal. To be able to speak English better, it is important that he learns all four skills in English and English phonetics is also important, because it is very useful to learn the language quickly and successfully. For example: A student may be fluent (making his meaning clear) but not accurate (making many mistakes). 2) Comprehension (accuracy) refers to how students correctly use the language system, including grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.
Therefore, accuracy is crucial depending on word recognition and sentence patterns. The purpose of the study is to describe how the English Club as an extracurricular program. Then, they are analyzed qualitatively to draw some conclusions based on the findings of the study.
It is important to make the most of the time teachers have with these potential new members. Call or email members to remind them of the first meeting, as it is best for everyone to attend.
Conceptual Framework
Research Hypotheses
RESEARCH METHOD RESEARCH METHOD
Indicators
The sample of this research was Class VIII.4 of SMPN 3 Pinrang, where the class consists of 30 students. The researcher chose class VIII.4 because the students in this class were familiar and the researcher knew their English skills. English Club is an activity where students spoke or wrote an English topic to improve their skills in a friendly and interesting environment.
The researcher gave the students an oral test regarding the material taught during the treatment. The test is partly based on the planning of learning (RPP) that has been created. The aim of this test was to know the prior knowledge of the students in the field of speaking skills.
The researcher divided the students into five groups, with each group consisting of several students. Then the researcher explained about the materials and how he could use his words to express his opinion on the problem. After giving the pre-test, the treatment and the post-test, the researcher compared them whether the post-test result was better than the pre-test result or not.
The instrument of this research was an oral test (Descriptive Test) in which students were asked to explain a picture provided by the researcher based on the curriculum of SMPN 3 Pinrang. A kind of test was when the researcher gave a test as a pre-test and a post-test. The post-test was intended to determine the changes in students' speaking abilities after the treatment.
He cannot understand and then with considerable difficulty by someone who is used to listening to the speaker. To find out the improvement of the percentage of the students' pre-test and post-test using the formula:. ΣD)² = The square of the sum score for difference ΣD = The sum of total score for difference N = The Number of the subject.
Findings
- Improvement of Students’ Speaking Fluency
The average score of students who speak fluently in the pre-test is 6.4 and in the post-test 8.41, so the improvement of students' fluency from pre-test to post-test is 31. This is proven by the average score of the students on the pre-test. test and post-test where the mean score of the post-test is higher and shows a significant improvement than the mean score of the pre-test after implementation of the treatment.
Mean score of Students’ Speaking Fluency On Pre-test and Post-test
- Students’ Activeness in Treatments
Findings of students' score in classification in pre-test and post-test Score of students' score in pre-test and post-test about it Score of students' score in pre-test and post-test about it Score of Score of students in the pre-test and post-test for its classification, namely excellent, very good, good, average, poor and very poor will be described by the table below. In table 4.4 after the treatment, the percentage of students' fluency in the class is 23 students (77%) are good and 7 students (27%) are very good. In each treatment, students were active in the learning process because there was a discussion and then they had to complete the outcome of the discussion.
Based on table 4.5, there is a significant improvement in students' activity in each treatment after the application of English Club.
Chart 4.2 Percentage of students’ activeness
- Discussions
- Improving of Speaking Fluency
- Findings of Students’ Score in Classification on Pre-Test and Pos-Test The students’ classification describe about how many students get The students’ classification describe about how many students get
- Conclusion
- Suggestion
- Kegiatan pendahuluan Apersepsi/Motivasi
- Kegiatan Inti
- Kegiatan Penutup
- Sumber belajar
- Penilain Rubrik Penilai
- Penilain
- The First Treatment 3. The Third Treatment
- The Second Treatment 4. The Fourth Treatment
- T-test
The use of English Club to improve the students' speaking fluency can be known by seeing the difference between the students' result of the average score in the pre- and post-test. It started with the students getting a pre-test and then the researcher gave them some treatments. From the explanation above, t-table, a conclusion can be drawn that the students who receive treatments have significant improvements.
Findings of the student's score in the classification on the pre-test and the post-test. The student classification describes how many students pass. The student classification describes how many students pass. The student rating describes how many students are excellent, very good, good, average, poor, and very poor. It happened because the researcher and also the strategy were not familiar with the students. Based on reasons, the researcher tried to create the activity of the students in the following treatments.
In the learning process, the teacher gave the students a topic related to the lesson plan and gave them its explanation before they. At the end of the lesson, the students told about the result of their discussion. In fact, the students had the ability to speak, but they were nervous and shy to explore their meaning, so the strategy changed them to be active.
Based on the result of discussion and looking at the comparison about the students' score in pre-test and post-test, the researcher comes to the conclusion that the application of English Club can help the students to improve the students' speaking skills, especially about its fluency . From the analysis above, it shows that there is a significant effect that differentiates the students' speaking fluency before and after the application of the strategy, cannot help the students to improve their speaking skill, especially about its fluency because there is no significant effect is between pre-test and pot test. Based on the result of data analysis of findings and discussions in the previous chapter, the researcher concludes that the application of English Club is effective in improving the students who speak fluently at the second grade of SMPN 3 Pinrang.
A teacher must use an effective method in teaching English so that students can enjoy the class. Students should incorporate English into everyday conversations in their activities, even if they only speak little by little. Increasing students' speaking achievement using the three-step interview method (Classroom Action Research in Grade XI SMA Negeri I Pangkajene Pangkep).
Average score of the pre-test and the post-test average score of the students' speaking skills. Test of the significance difference in student's score between pre-test and post-test score.
