To increase students' fluency by intensifying the English language in the eighth grade of SMPN 24 Makassar (a pre-experimental study in the academic year 2018/2019). This study aimed to determine the improvement of students' speaking skills by intensifying English in the classroom. The sample of this study was the VIII.1 class at SMPN 24 Makassar, which consisted of 36 students.
Alhamduillahi Rabbil Alamin, the researcher would like to express her praise and gratitude to Allah AWT for blessing, love, mercy, guidance and above all to complete this thesis. The researcher would like to express her great appreciation and deepest gratitude to the Rector of Muhammadiyah University of Makassar, Dr. Many thanks to examiners for their help and correction in writing this thesis, headed by SMPN 24 Makassar, Dra.
Finally, all the people who have helped the researcher to finish her study whom I cannot mention one by one.
INTRODUCTION
- Problem of the Research
- Objective of the Research
- Significance of the Research
- Scope of The Research
It is clear that English is becoming the first foreign language to be taught in Indonesia, from primary school to university level, and also the involvement of English as one of the essential subjects in the curriculum of Indonesian education. This point emerges in the English curriculum that the instructional materials of the students should be based on the communication skills acceptable to the daily needs of the students. When mastering a foreign language or a second language, a student is inextricably linked to the influence of his first language or his mother tongue.
Based on the previous background, the researcher formulates the research questions as follows: "How to improve the students' speaking skills through English in the classroom?". This research gave the readers information about the method to improve students' speaking skills in the classroom.
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Some Partinent Ide
- The Definitions of Speaking Skills
- Importance of Speaking
- Problem of Speaking
- The Kinds of Speaking
- Students Speaking Achievement
- The Function of Speaking Skills
- Component of Speaking
- Classroom Speaking Activities
- Concept of Intensifying
- Categorization of Intensifying
- The Effect of Intensifying
- Intensifying Assessment
It is very important to be able to speak English as it is the most widely accepted language in the world so it will be very helpful for those who understand it not only to improve their knowledge and skills but also make it easier for them to function. There are two elements of speaking that must be considered by the speaker, as Harmer pointed out in his book The Practice of English Language Teaching. The first is the Language function, which consists of several sub-elements as follows: Expressive device is the variation of stress and pitch in producing utterances to convey the truth meaning of the messages intended by the speaker.
Like for example in school, applying for a job or when someone goes to another country because English is an international language. The students used the speech achievement when they want to express themselves, but they have problems because they lack the knowledge of language elements for communication. Participants were more likely to repeat words, but no more likely to use fillers such as uh, in the prompt conditions.
Whereas in reactive performance, students' performance in the classroom is in the form of short responses to questions or comments initiated by the teacher or the student. However, the functions are different since transactional dialogue is the exchange of specific information, while in interpersonal dialogue students are kept to deal with social relationships. Monologues can be in the form of short speech, oral presentation or story which can be planned or improvised.
The activity can take the form of acting out scenes from plays or their course book and acting out dialogues they have written themselves. Language intensity has been defined by Bowers (1963, p. 345) as: “the quality of language that indicates the extent to which the speaker's attitude toward a concept deviates from neutrality.” Mulken and Schellen (2006) applied the models of Renkema (1997) and Maat (2004) by analyzing reviews and evaluative columns to gain insight into the usefulness of the models.
The effect of language intensity in the mother tongue has been researched with different types of stimuli. Language and communication are rooted in the material and social worlds of diverse learners (Gee, 2001).
Conceptual Framework
The Method of the Study
Hypothesis
Population and Sample
- Population
- Sample
The researcher chose students in class (VIII.1) with 36 students as the sample to be observed using purposive sampling. The sample was selected by using purposive sampling because the students of class VIII.1 which consisted of the students of several intelligence levels.
The Technique of Data Collecting
- Pre-Test
- Treatment
- Post-Test
The teacher gave some application topics in social media like Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Tiktok, etc. After discussing the topics, each group should present a representative in front of the class. The last test that the researcher performed was the post-test after the treatment was carried out by teaching speaking skills by intensifying the English language.
The Instrument of the Study
- The Rate Scale Scoring Sistem
The students' score on the pre-test was .5 and the students' score on the post-test was 3.83. The students' score on the post-test was higher than the students' score on the pre-test. It can be concluded that the intensification of the English language in speaking education was effective in improving the vocabulary of the students in speaking skills.
The students' score on the pre-test was 2.33 and the students' score on the post-test was 3.75. The students' score on the post-test was higher than the students' score on the pre-test. It means that the proverbial vocabulary of the students has improved from a very bad category to a bad category.
This means that there was a significant difference between the results of the students' pretest and posttest in speaking skills through the use of intensive English language. The score for the students' posttest is higher than the average score for the students' pretest. Data from the students' pretest shows that the students have some errors in pronunciation.
On the previous page, there is a difference in students' speaking skills before and after the intensification of English. The use of English language intensification in teaching speaking skills is effective in improving students' speaking vocabulary in the eight grades of SMPN 24 Makassar. In other words, the use of English language intensification in teaching speaking skills was effective for improving students' speaking skills.
Technique of Data Analysis
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
Disscussions
In this part, discussions dealing with the interpretation of findings are derived from the result of findings of the students' vocabulary, pronunciation and final score. Based on the findings, the data collected through the test as explained in the previous findings section shows that the students' speaking ability in terms of vocabulary is improved. Therefore, the use of intensifying English language is effective in improving the students' speaking skills in vocabulary and it can help the language learners to build up.
When using English language intensification in treatment, students can improve their accuracy in speaking and pronouncing that cover. Based on the findings, in the use of English language intensification, the data collected through the test, as explained in the previous section of the findings, show that the students' speaking ability has improved. During the post-test, the researcher finds that the students are correct in submitting the materials.
Based on the data, the course percentage and the score frequency of the students after the intensification of English language, there are 3 (8%) out of 36 students who get a very good score, 15 (42%) got a good score, 17 (47%) students got a fair score and 1 (3%) students got a fairy score. Then the researcher concludes that there were improvements in increasing students' speaking skills by intensifying English language in eighth grade in SMPN 24 Makassar. It was proved by the students' mean score of vocabulary in post-test was greater than their mean score of vocabulary in pre-test (3.83>2.5) and the improvement of students' vocabulary in speaking skill was 53.2 %.
The use of English language gradation in teaching speaking skills was effective to improve the students' pronunciation in the speaking skills of grade eight of SMPN 24 Makassar. This was proven by the fact that the average score of students' pronunciation in the post-test was higher than their average score in the pre-test (3.75>2.33), and the improvement in students' speaking ability was (60.94%). Diploma thesis Improving the Students' Speaking Skill Through Group Investigation Technique of the Seventh Grade Students of MTs Sudirman jambu semarang in the academic year 2016/2017.
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
Suggestion
This research provides the readers with information about the method of improving the speaking skills of students in the classroom. In addition, the way to increase their speaking skills for the students through this research may be to strengthen the students' brain activity in absorbing information and sharpen the brain's ability to remember more vocabulary. For the teachers, this research shows the students' speaking practice, so that they can offer the students alternative ways of learning. Identifying how they interact with their students in the classroom in English can be a relevant topic in their teaching practices. can enable them to understand the way interaction takes place in the classroom for the purpose of teaching the English language and disciplinary content.
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