ABSTRACT
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROLE-PLAY TO IMPROVE THE
STUDENTS’ SPEAKING COMPETENCE (A Classroom Action Research in Class XI-Social Science 2 at SMA Negeri 1 xxxx in 2010/2011 Academic Year). Thesis
The objective of the research is to find whether
drama and role play can improve the students’ speaking skill. Besides, the
research is also designed to some problems encountered by the eleventh grade
students of SMA Negeri 1 xxxx in mastering speaking skill. In this research, the problem refered to
the class
XI-IPS 2 students in learning English especially their speaking skill which was still low. Related to the
above problem, the writer assumed that drama and role play were the most appropriate ones that can be used to increase their motivation and interest to study
English especially speaking. The
research was a classroom action research.
The research method included the research
setting, that is, SMA Negeri 1 xxxxx. The subject of the research is class
XI-Social Program in the Academic Year 2009/2010, with Classroom Action
Research as its methods. The data of the research were collected by interview,
observation, and documentation. The writer divided the Classroom Action
Research into three cycles and carried out in four steps namely planning the
action, implementing the action, observing and monitoring the action, and
reflecting and evaluating the result of the action. The cycles were determined
at the end of research implementation, after looking at the results of the
previous cycle. Then it was followed by the next cycles to see the consistency
of the significant data.
The results of the implementation showed that
the application of drama and role play strategy improved and enhanced the students’ vocabulary mastery. It could
be seen that their motivation and interest increased . The obstacles as like being passive, low speaking skill, and inferior feeling significantly
decreased. Besides, from the collected data, the students had better progress
from cycle one to the next cycle. For instance, the mean score of pre-test was 61, while the mean of cycle one was 61.3, cycle two was 68.3. Based on the
results, it could be concluded that the use of drama and role-play really improved the students’ achievement in
learning English especially in speaking skill. The improvement was quite significant which was reflected from the
progress of the students’ score from one cycle to the other, beside their increasing
motivation and interest.
Related to the research findings above, the
writer wanted to propose some suggestions to the English teachers. Firstly, they should learn the
characteristics of the students, including the psychological condition. The
teacher should know their personality in general, their background, and their
average ability to recognize their previous condition before the action
research is implemented. By recognizing the students characteristics, the
teacher will choose the approprite technique, approach, and strategy in
teaching. Secondly, the English teacher should learn how to enhance their
ability in teaching English and to establish a good teaching learning atmosphere
in the class. The teacher must be creative to use various teaching technique,
by the hope that the students are interested in joining the teaching and
learning process.
Keywords: effectiveness, drama,
role play, improve, speaking, competence
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