USING AUDIO – VIDEO MEDIA TO IMPROVE SPEAKING SKILL OF GRADE X VOCATIONAL STUDENTS OF SMK PI AMBARRUKMO 1 SLEMAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

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The objective of this research was to improve the students’ English speaking skill through videos in Class XA of SMK PI Ambarrukmo 1 Sleman in the academic year of 2013/2014.
This research was an action research and conducted collaboratively with the English teacher. The subjects of this research were 23 students in Class XA of SMK PI Ambarrukmo 1 Sleman. The research was conducted in two cycles. The data in this research were in the form of interview transcripts, field notes and students’ mean scores. They were obtained by interviewing the English teacher as the collaborator and the students, observing the teaching and learning process, and conducting pre-test and post-test. The instruments of this research were observation sheet, interview guidelines, and speaking scoring rubric. The data were analyzed from field notes, interview transcripts, and students’ mean scores. To meet the validity and reliability, the researcher used time and investigator triangulation. In term of validity, the researcher used democratic, catalytic, process, outcomes, and dialogic validity. The procedure of this research followed five steps of action research. Those were reconnaissance, planning, actions and observations, and reflections.
The results of this research showed that the students’ speaking skill improved. The improvements were achieved gradually which covered pronunciation, comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, and grammar as well as the students’ confidence and participation. The improvements could be seen from the scores of pre-test and post-test. It was 2.3 and 3.6 for grammar, 2.5 and 3.9 for comprehension, 2.1 and 3.2 for fluency, 2.5 and 3.9 for pronunciation, and 2.7 and 3.9 for vocabulary. All implemented actions were successful to improve the students’ speaking skill.

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