ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITAS MARITIM RAJA ALI HAJI TANJUNGPINANG
2022
IMPROVING STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILLS BY CONDUCTING SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS IN
GRADE 8 SMPN 14 BINTAN
THESIS
DIAH KHOTIMAH
180388203042
IMPROVING STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILLS BY CONDUCTING SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS IN
GRADE 8 SMPN 14 BINTAN
Thesis
Submitted to Fulfil Procedure to get the Educational Degree (S. Pd)
DIAH KHOTIMAH 180388203042
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITAS MARITIM RAJA ALI HAJI TANJUNGPINANG
2022
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MOTTO
Feeling tired is a human thing, because as long as you are alive, problems will always come and get worse over time. So heal yourself, face it and never give
up.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Praise and thanks are rewarded to Allah SWT, who always blesses and gives strength to the researcher and can complete this thesis entitled "IMPROVING STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILLS BY CONDUCTING SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS IN GRADE 8 SMPN 14 BINTAN". This thesis was submitted to the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji as partial fulfillment of the requirement for an S-1 degree.
This thesis never existed without any support, encouragement, and guidance from several dedicated people. The researcher would like to express gratitude to many who had suggestions and help writing this thesis. The researcher conveys appreciation and respect to all parties supporting this research. The gratitude goes to:
1. Prof. Dr. Agung Dhamar Syakti, S.Pi, DEA. as the Rector of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.
2. Assist. Prof. Satria Agust, S.S., M.Pd. as the Dean of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji,
3. Assist. Prof. Dewi Nopita, M.Pd, head of the English Education Study Program of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.
4. Assist. Prof. Elsa Ernawati Nainggolan, S.Pd., M.Pd., and the first advisor who guided the researcher to finish this thesis and always gave solutions to revise the thesis.
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5. Assist. Prof. Muhammad Candra, S.Pd., M.Ed. as a second advisor who guided researche to finish this thesis and gave solutions.
6. To all my English Education Study Program lecturers, who always gave researcher knowledge and guided researche during researche study.
7. My beloved parents always gave support, advice, and motivation to finish this research.
8. For Faisal Akbar who always gives words of affirmation, quality time, giving gifts, acts of service to researcher during colleges to writing a thesis which takes a long time, it all means a lot to researcher.
9. To Nurasikin, Aini Kurnia, and Gery Agustian who always helped during college, your help means a lot and makes researcher feel comfortable studying when there are friends who support each other.
The researcher realizes that this thesis is not perfect, so suggestions and advice will be welcomed to make every part better in the future.
Tanjungpinang, 21st July , 2022
The Researcher
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vii
LIST OF TABLES ... xii
LIST OF FIGURES ... xiii
LIST OF APPENDICES ... xiv
ABSTRAK ... xv
ABSTRACT ... xvi
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 The Background of The Study ... 1
1.2 The Identification of the Problem ... 4
1.3 The Limitation of the Problem ... 4
1.4 The Research questions ... 4
1.5 The Research Objectives ... 4
1.6 The Significances of the Research ... 5
1.6.1 Theoretically ... 5
1.6.2 Practically ... 5
1.7 The Definition of Key terms ... 6
CHAPTER II THE LITERATURE REVIEW ... 7
2.1 Speaking Skill ... 7
2.2 Aspects of Speaking ... 9
2.3 Small Group Discussion ... 10
2.4 The Characteristics of Small Group Discussion ... 11
2.5 Steps How to Conduct SGD (Small Group Discussion) ... 13
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2.6 Review of Related Findings ... 14
2.7 Conceptual Framework ... 15
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 17
3.1 Research Design ... 17
3.2 Research Setting ... 19
3.2.1 Setting At Place ... 19
3.2.2 Setting At Time ... 19
3.4 Research Procedure ... 20
3.5 Research Instrument ... 22
3.6 Research Schedule ... 23
3.7 The technique of Collecting Data ... 24
3.7.1 The Quantitative Data ... 24
3.7.2 The Qualitative Data ... 24
3.8 Technique of Analyzing Data ... 27
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ... 29
4.1 Data Description ... 29
4.1.1 The Quantitative Data ... 29
4.1.2 The Qualitative Data ... 31
4.2 Data Analysis ... 34
4.2.1 Quantitative Data ... 34
4.2.2 Qualitative Data ... 42
4.3 Discussion ... 47
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ... 50
5.1 Conclusions ... 50
5.2 Suggestions ... 51
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REFERENCE ... 53 APPENDICES ... 55
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1 Time Schedule ... 24
Table 3.2 English Language Speaking Skills Assessment ... .27
Table 4.1 The Quantitative Data... 31
Table 4.2 Students' Pre-test Result ... 35
Table 4.3 Students' Post-test I Result ... 36
Table 4.4 Students' Post-test II Result ... 39
Table 4.5 Students' Result Summary ... 41
Table 4.6 Students' Score Improvement Percentage Summary ... 42
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1 The Conceptual Framework of Tameness in Amajihono (2019) ... 16 Figure 3.1 Spiral model of action research Kemmis & Mc. Taggart (2018) ... 19 Figure 3.1 Kurt Lewin's Action Research Design in Batubara (2017) ... 20
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Observation Checklist ... 56
Appendix 2 Lesson Plan (Cycle I) ... 57
Appendix 3 Lesson Plan (Cycle II) ... 61
Appendix 4 Assessment Instrument ... 65
Appendix 5 Interview Guidelines ... 66
Appendix 6 Pre-test ... 68
Appendix 7 Post-test (Cycle I) ... 69
Appendix 8 Pre-test ... 70
Appendix 9 Post-test (Cycle II) ... 71
Appendix 10 Documentation ... 72
