Improving Student Speaking Skill

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL BY USING JIGSAW (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH AT THE 8TH YEAR OF SMP N 2 PRACIMANTORO)

RESEARCH PAPER Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department by DYAH WULANDARI A 320 050 020

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA 2009

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study Communication is an essential need for human being. Language is the tool of communication which plays an important role to reveal an intention to someone else. Since Indonesian people face AFTA 2010 or free market, communication in English language is badly needed because English language is an international language. The language can be expressed in the spoken or written forms. There are some elements in the communication, such as the speaker, hearer and the media that are used in communication. Speaking is an important skill because one of the keys in English communication is speaking ability. Indonesian has to be able to master English as an international language. By mastering speaking skill, they can carry out conversation with others, give ideas and change the information with interlocutor and people are able to know the situation that happen in the world. English language is not only taught and learned, but it is used as a habit. Now, English is not only taught in big cities but also in remote villages. So, English speaking is taught in all Junior High Schools in Indonesia. The students should master speaking in English especially in daily conversation because conversation is foundation to communicate with foreigners. In speaking class, the students should be taught how to speak. The components of English speaking skill that should be given and studied in

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English speaking class are pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, accuracy and comprehension. Speaking is the most important skill, because it is one of...