Improving speaking ability through role play strategies at Grade XI Pondok Pesantren Syekh Muhammad Baqi Babussalam Basilam Baru

Gunawan, Bambang (2022) Improving speaking ability through role play strategies at Grade XI Pondok Pesantren Syekh Muhammad Baqi Babussalam Basilam Baru. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

The research was a classroom action research. The objectives of this research were to improve the student’s speaking skill, to check whether role play is effective learning technique, to know the strengths and weaknesses of role play. The problem of this research was the poor speaking competence at grade XI Pondok Pesantren Syekh Muhammad Baqi Babussalam Basilam Baru. This action research was conducted in grade XI, exactly in XI-B class. The procedure of the research consisted of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. In collecting the data, the writer used observational technique supported with a test and interview. The observational technique consisted of observation and field notes. In this research, the writer acted as the practitioner. These tests were conducted to know how well students speak English using role playing. The result of the reearch showed that the used of role play strategy improved the students’ speaking competence, role play was an effective technique of learning, and there some strengths besides there were weaknesses. From the observation and supported with the writer’s field notes, it can be seen that the students could speak well and improve their vocabularies and grammatical structure. Using role play in speaking class could increase the student’s ability in learning speaking. There was also an improvement of students’ speaking competence. The improvement was reflected from the progress of the students’ scores from test 1 and test 2. The students’ mean score in test 1 was 67,66, in test 2 was 75, the improvement of mean score from test 1 to test was 7,34 point. This improvement was good.

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