IMPROVING THE SPEAKING SKILL OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA BERBUDI YOGYAKARTA BY USING VIDEOS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2011/2012

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This study was aimed at improving the speaking skill of the tenth grade
students at SMA Berbudi, Yogyakarta by using videos.
This study is action research. The research steps are reconnaissance, planning,
action and observation, and reflection. The actions consisted of the use of video in the
presentation as modeling of the text combining with the use of communicative
speaking activities i.e. discussions, games, and role plays. The members of the
research were the researcher, the English teacher, and the students of grade X. The
validity of the data was obtained by applying the democratic, dialogic, catalytic,
process, and outcome validities. The data were qualitative and quantitative. The
qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process during
the implementation of the actions, interviewing the students, and holding discussions
with the English teacher, while the quantitative data were obtained from pre-test,
progress-test and post-test. The data were in the form of field notes and interview
transcripts, and documentation.
The findings of the study showed that the use of videos combined with the
communicative speaking activities was proved to be effective to improve the
students’ speaking skill. They were fluency, vocabulary, pronunciation and students’
confidence. The findings were supported by the means of the students’ speaking
scores which had improved from 64.60 % in the Pre-test to 72.50 % in the Progresstest
and 75.10 % in the Post-test.

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