IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH COOPERATIVE LEARNING IN XI S 4 AT SMA N 1 MUNTILAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

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This study was aimed at improving students’ skills and the teaching learning process of speaking through cooperative learning in XI S 4 at SMA N 1 Muntilan in the academic year 2012/2013.
The type of the study is an action research. The actions were conducted in two cycles. The subjects of the study were 32 students of XI S 4 at SMA N 1 Muntilan. The instruments used to obtain the data in this study were mobile phones, a camera, questionnaires/surveys, interview guidelines, and observation sheets. The data were obtained from observation towards the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the actions, from questionnaire responses, from interview transcripts, from students’ worksheets, from photos of the teaching and learning process, from speaking performance scores and from discussions with the collaborators and the English teacher.
The result of this study shows an improvement in the students’ speaking skills after the implementation of the actions. Cooperative learning effectively improved students’ speaking skills. The students were able to cooperate with group members in accomplishing task responsibly, using classroom English in communication actively, and having discussion manageably. At the end of the last cycle, the students were more active in expressing ideas with their group mates and the teacher, they had higher motivation in joining the lesson, and they were able to build interactive communication enthusiastically in the English lesson. In conclusion, the application of cooperative learning could improve the students’ speaking skills as a part of learning English in XI S 4 at SMA N 1 Muntilan.

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