EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE SPEAKING LEARNING PROCESS USING COMMUNICATIVE GAMES AT GRADE 5 OF SD MUHAMMADIYAH PLEMBON, SENDANGSARI, MINGGIR, SLEMAN, YOGYAKARTA IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2010/2011

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EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE SPEAKING LEARNING PROCESS USING
COMMUNICATIVE GAMES AT GRADE 5 OF SD MUHAMMADIYAH
PLEMBON, SENDANGSARI, MINGGIR, SLEMAN, YOGYAKARTA IN THE
ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2010/2011
By: Supriyadi
NIM 04202241042
ABSTRACT
The objective of this research was to improve the speaking learning process
of grade 5 of SD Muhammadiyah Plembon, Sendangsari, Minggir, Sleman,
Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2010/2011. In this research, the researcher used
communicative games to improve the speaking learning process.
This study is action research. The subjects of the research were the students
of grade 5. The English teacher, the collaborator and school principal were the
research member. The research steps were reconnaissance, planning, action and
observation, then evaluation and reflection. The data were collected through
observation in English teaching and learning process and interview with the research
members. The instruments for collecting the data were a sound recorder, observation
guidelines and interview guidelines. The data, in the form of field notes and interview
transcripts, were selected based on the level of urgency and feasibility to get the most
feasible problems to be solved. The data were analyzed qualitatively from the field
notes and interview transcripts during the research. The research follows the criteria
of validity proposed by Burns (1999) to fulfill the reliability and validity of the data.
To deal with the problems, the researcher implemented communicative games as
main activities, they were competitive games and cooperative games. The
competitive games were Clock race, Whisper Race, and Action Guessing game. The
cooperative games were Big Clock Game, Magic Box Game, and Survey Game. There
were also three activities to support the actions, they were using simple classroom
English during the teaching and learning; using media in the teaching and learning
process; and giving reward to improve the students motivation.
In this research, the researcher conducted two cycles of actions. The result
of the first cycle showed that the implementation of the competitive games were
effective in improving speaking learning process and the implementation of
cooperative games did not reach an optimum result in improving speaking learning
process. There were some aspects that still need improvement. The use of media and
reward could improve the students’ motivation in joining the lesson. The result of
second cycle showed that the implementation of competitive games, cooperative
games, and the supporting activities could improve the speaking learning process.
From the observation and interviews to the research members during the action, it
was shown that there were some successful result, they were: (1) the speaking
teaching and learning process was more active and enjoyable than the previous
conditions; (2) the students were more enthusiastic and active in joining speaking
activities; and (3) the students’ self-confidence to speak English improved.

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