The Use Of Pictures To Improve Speaking Ability Of The Eighth Grade Students Of Smpn 16 Kupang In The School Year 2017/2018

CARVALHO, Fransisca Correia (2018) The Use Of Pictures To Improve Speaking Ability Of The Eighth Grade Students Of Smpn 16 Kupang In The School Year 2017/2018. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira.

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Abstract

This study is conducted to answer the following questions: (1) How is pictures implemented to improve speaking ability of the eighth grade students of SMPN 16 Kupang in school year 2017/2018 ?(2) Are the eighth grade students of SMPN 16 Kupang in school year 2017/2018 able to describe pictures properly? This study is limited in three aspects as proposed by Hughes in terms of Pronunciation, Grammar, and Vocabulary. This study was classified as Classroom Action Research (CAR). This study was conducted in two cycles. It consists of: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The instruments used in this study are post-test and class performance. Based on the analysis data of the writer concludes that (1) describing pictures was implemented in pre- test and post-test where exercises by using describing pictures were used to train students’ speaking ability. In those exercises the writer gave corrections to students’ in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary. In pre-test, students spoke but many errors were made. The writer was happy that all of them described the pictures. But the end of class the writer highlighted their mistakes. This was done to help them to have better speaking performance in cycle 1. When conducting cycle 1, the students became more careful during speaking because they have learnt about their about their errors. The results of post-test 1showed that their speaking was improved. The improvement happened because during exercising, the writer reminded them to use correct simple present tense and correct their pronunciation. (2) The eighth grade students of SMPN 16 Kupang in school year 2017/2018 are able to describe pictures to improve their speaking ability. They are as follows. The students’ level of speaking in pre-test is below average (6,75) while in the post-test 1 is above average ( 14,6). The pre-test given with pictures in teaching speaking, while in post-test 1 applying with the same pictures but different questions in teaching speaking. Based on the result of the study the writer would like to propose some suggestions as follows: 1) The English teacher of the researched school should pay attention to students’ needs and characteristic by giving them describing picture to make them easier to speak English. 2) The English teacher should be more serious in helping the students to develop their speaking ability in some aspects such as Pronunciation, Grammar, and Vocabulary.

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