A Study On The Use Of Picture As Media To Improve Speaking Ability Of The Tenth Grade Students Of SMA Negeri 2 Kupang In The Academic Year 2018/2019

MANBAIT, Selviana (2019) A Study On The Use Of Picture As Media To Improve Speaking Ability Of The Tenth Grade Students Of SMA Negeri 2 Kupang In The Academic Year 2018/2019. Diploma thesis, Unika Widya Mandira.

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Abstract

The study is conducted to answer the following questions: (1) Is the use of picture as media able to improve student speaking ability in teaching speaking to tenth grade student of SMA Negeri 2 Kupang in the academic year 2018/2019? (2) What extent is the improvement of student’s ability in speaking after being taught using picture as media? This study is limited in four aspects as proposed by Hughes in term of Content, Grammar, Pronunciation, Vocabulary. This study was classified as Classroom Action Research (CAR). This study was concluded in two cycles. It consists of: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The instruments used in this study are pre-test, classroom performance and post-test. Based on the analysis of data, the writer concludes that (1) picture as media is able to improve the speaking ability of tenth grade students of SMAN 2 Kupang and (2) there are significant differences in result of teaching speaking by using picture as media. They are as follows. The students’ level of speaking in the pre-test is below (2.19) while in the post-test 1 the level is above average (4.75). Similarly, the result of post-test 2 is still above average (5.86) with 1,11 higher than the result of post test 1. The pre-test given before applying the picture as media in teaching speaking. Based on the results of the study the writer would like to propose some suggestions as follows: 1) The English teacher of researched school should pay attention to students’ needs and characteristic by giving them picture as media to make them easier to speak English. 2) The English teacher should be more serious in helping the students to develop their speaking skills in some aspects such as content, grammar, pronunciation and the vocabulary , of the sentence that the students make.

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