THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT’S SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH GUESSING GAMES TECHNIQUE( A Classroom Action Research at Elementary

School 4th Grade)

THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT’S SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH GUESSING GAMES TECHNIQUE( A Classroom Action Research at Elementary

School 4th Grade)

WrittenNUR DWI YANTI

A. Background of the Study

Speaking activities do not work in class because many factors prevent students from speaking English with their friends. They are afraid of making mistakes, of being laughed at by his or her friends and of having lack of confidence in their ability.

Teacher are responsible to educate the students from little or no knowledge to sufficient

English speaking environment.

According to the 2006 English Curriculum and its supplement, the emphasis of the curriculum is that the students are able

to communicate in English by mastering the whole skills

What is the teachers need?

The teacher need enrichments with

appropriate ways of teaching atmosphere

How can the teacher do

that? 1. The teacher must create the situation that can encourage real communication.

2. Many activities can be designed to make majors’ element lively

GamesGames

is one of the techniques that can be is one of the techniques that can be applied in teaching speaking applied in teaching speaking because games in one of potential because games in one of potential activity that gives students feeling activity that gives students feeling of freedom to express themselves. of freedom to express themselves.

The ReasonThe Reason

For using guessing games is you give more opportunities to students to make turns in

speaking during the times allocated

Guessing games are combination between

language practice and fun

The students can express their ideas freely because they do

activities with their friends.

This game is also easy to ad miser and flexible in terms of subject matter

and design.

The Identification of the The Identification of the Problem Problem • How far the effectiveness of speaking through How far the effectiveness of speaking through

games technique?games technique?• How The English by games more interested to How The English by games more interested to

teach speaking trough games technique?teach speaking trough games technique?• How the teachers more interested to teach How the teachers more interested to teach

speaking trough games technique?speaking trough games technique?• How to make students confident to talk in How to make students confident to talk in

learning speaking?learning speaking?• How English play game more interesting for How English play game more interesting for

student to learn Englishstudent to learn English??• Why games suitable to teach speaking at fourth Why games suitable to teach speaking at fourth

grade?grade?

The Limitation of the Problem

• The researcher limits the discussing of the study about, “The Improvement of Student’s Speaking Skill through Guessing Games Technique”

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

• Definition of Teaching

Teaching is a process to give guidance the students to reach the goals. Teaching known as “Instruction” it means process that makes someone do learning. Teaching is a media for learning process includes behavior individual changes through pre- planned.

Definition of Speaking Speaking is to express the needs–request,

information, service, etc. Communication involves at least two

people where both sender and receiver need to communicate to exchange information, ideas, opinions, views, or feelings.

According to M. Solahudin in his book speaking is, “Kemampuan berbicara dengan bahasa Inggris dan pembicaraan kita dipahami oleh orang lain.”

There are three factors when the speaker make communications, there are:

ClarityIt means that the words that the speakers use, must be clear, so that listeners can understand what the speaker says.

VarietyHere the speakers must try to vary way of speaking such as pitch (rise and fall of voice), emphasis, speed, variation, volume and pause.

Audience and ToneThe way you speak and the tone you use will be affected by audience to whom you are speaking.

Guessing games

Guessing games is a game in which a person or participant knows something and competes individually or in a team to identify or to find out it. There are many concepts of guessing games, which can be applied in teaching speaking.

Speaking by using games method English learning for young learner is fun and enjoyable. Speaking pleasure by using combining word and picture cards students are ready and interested in seeing the written forms of the language.

There is the technique of English teaching:

• Begin with a positive message• Write three important goals for the class

so that students can see them.• Arrange for model test to be taken in a lab

or at home on the honor system.• Ask students to write their question a note

card and bring them to class.• Use class time to teach and practice

academic skill• Focus on speaking and writing in class• Provide counseling and encouragement as

part of the class routine

• Action research is “learning by doing “it is conducted by the teacher as classroom participant. As teacher, he/she needs to know what is actually happening in classroom, collecting data and evaluating her/his own teaching, do something to solve it, see how successful his/her effort were, and if not satisfied, try again until showing the increasing of changing.Teacher as researcher has to prepare teaching process as good as possible. Every step has to be followed in continuous and integratedThere are cycles within cycles. Some extend across an entire study.

Action research for development, Action research for development, teacher can become more teacher can become more autonomous, responsible, and autonomous, responsible, and answerable through action research, answerable through action research, teachers themselves can take a so teachers themselves can take a so decisions concerning change decisions concerning change

The Curriculum of Teaching

Curriculum must build new experiences on existing knowledge and gradually extend that knowledge since children naturally integrate new information into their previous experiences. The education experiences must integrate to all components of children development are physical, social emotional, and intellectual.

Teaching Speaking at Elementary School • Speaking is essential to all interaction and his is

an ability to understand and master about what an active process of constructing a message, especially for student elementary school. It is suggested that learning of a new language which is not associated with visual, action or some intellectual exercises to help identification of meaning because if it is done it become boring and will not necessary lead to advantageous

RESEARCH METODOLOGY

Purpose of the StudyPurpose of the Study

The purpose of research is to get the new The purpose of research is to get the new theory, especially to know teaching speaking theory, especially to know teaching speaking by using games effective at fourth grade of by using games effective at fourth grade of elementary school elementary school

It is expected that the students can enjoy to It is expected that the students can enjoy to expressing their ideas opinion and feeling expressing their ideas opinion and feeling and can match dialogue with situation and and can match dialogue with situation and conditioncondition

The students can also get fun in learning The students can also get fun in learning English in school especially for learning English in school especially for learning English speaking. English speaking.

Method of the Research Method of the Research

The qualitative method is the kinds of the The qualitative method is the kinds of the data are the descriptive data. From getting data are the descriptive data. From getting the data, the research wants to describe the data, the research wants to describe and explain the problem that chosen in this and explain the problem that chosen in this researching. In the research, it does not researching. In the research, it does not used questioner but using the work sheet to used questioner but using the work sheet to evaluate the result and using picture as a evaluate the result and using picture as a material, because the research focused on material, because the research focused on classroom action research.classroom action research.

Subject of the Subject of the ResearchResearch

The subject of the research is the The subject of the research is the students from forth grade elementary students from forth grade elementary school. There are 20 (twenty) students on school. There are 20 (twenty) students on the class. the class.

Technique of Collecting Data

• The collecting data that is the researcher get the data from the students especially for 4th grade of elementary school. The researcher attends to the data, which are the result of applying teaching speaking though guessing games

Analysis of the Research

• the analysis of the research uses the descriptive analysis.

• the advantages of using teaching speaking using guessing games are as follows:• Using guessing games make students more pleasure

from regular activities in class. It creates a relaxed atmosphere in the classroom.

• Using guessing games can encourage the students to communicate in English because the games are combinations between language practice with fun and excitement.

• Guessing games can practice the students’ ability in forming many kind of dialogues.

While the weaknesses are:• In applying guessing games, the teacher

needs the students who are skillful formulating question from dialogue.

• In applying guessing games, the teacher needs the students more carefully to make communication.

• In applying guessing games, the teacher needs the students’ more controlling how to make right pronunciation.

THE RESEARCH RESULT AND DISCUSSION

Teaching Speaking Through The Teaching Speaking Through The Guessing GamesGuessing Games

WHY?WHY? Teaching speaking through Guessing Games is Teaching speaking through Guessing Games is

suitable for them they have just learned English suitable for them they have just learned English from Fourth grade from Fourth grade

The techniques will be applied, and the The techniques will be applied, and the evaluation accomplished. evaluation accomplished.

The learning processes using Guessing Games The learning processes using Guessing Games give students chance to use English orally, it give students chance to use English orally, it means that students can practice and develop means that students can practice and develop their ability to speak English their ability to speak English

Games provide fun and relax while remaining Games provide fun and relax while remaining very much within framework of language very much within framework of language learning. learning.

Activities at ClassroomActivities at Classroom Cycle 1Cycle 1

PlanningPlanning ::The researcher prepared the material a recount by The researcher prepared the material a recount by picture from the text book. Then introduce about picture from the text book. Then introduce about the picture.the picture.

ActingActing ::The researcher put the picture on the blackboard The researcher put the picture on the blackboard and read loudly.and read loudly.

ObservingObserving ::In this part the researcher observed that they had In this part the researcher observed that they had problem in their pronunciation.problem in their pronunciation.

ReflectingReflecting ::They had problems in bad the material would be They had problems in bad the material would be equipped that had simple thing that contents equipped that had simple thing that contents pronoun, condition of class rather less in control, pronoun, condition of class rather less in control, the easy dialogue.the easy dialogue.

• After the researcher did the research in cycle 1, After the researcher did the research in cycle 1, she finds that:she finds that:

– The students were afraid to speak aloud The students were afraid to speak aloud because they didn’t know how to because they didn’t know how to pronounce the words.pronounce the words.

– They were motivated by the researcher They were motivated by the researcher that they had to pronounce and that they had to pronounce and intonation correctly because if they intonation correctly because if they were wrong in pronunciation they will get were wrong in pronunciation they will get the wrong meaning of the conversationthe wrong meaning of the conversation

– The students had not fun felling because The students had not fun felling because the class condition is not conducive.the class condition is not conducive.

– They couldn’t equip in the correct They couldn’t equip in the correct sentence.sentence.

Cycle 2Cycle 2• Planning :

First the researcher ask 4-students tide for advance and demonstrate their homework concerning greetings then researchers introduce matter concerning introduction and say how to introduce herself and invite student to repeat the articulate give explanation concerning procedures introduce.

• Acting :The researcher choose the material about hobby same as cycle 1 and about introduction.

• Reflecting :The researcher must make safety felling for the students.

Cycle 3

Planning :The researcher choused the material that contained three themes about greeting, introduction and hobby and they had to make dialogue

Acting :The researcher read loudly dialogue about hobby. The students had to listen carefully to see if what the teacher say.

Observing :From these activities the researcher observed that they could improve they ability.

Reflecting :There was increasing in their speaking ability and the responses showed that they had motivation in learning speaking.

In this research in the cycle 3, the researcher was found one from twenty students has a trouble to learn English study. There some factor that the researcher find, they are the student from descendant of Chinese, the student hard to comprehend Lesson. She from inability family, and nobody want to close and work with her because her inability.

The improvement process in teaching The improvement process in teaching speaking through Guessing Games is speaking through Guessing Games is figured in this graphic design:figured in this graphic design:

6.35

6.85

7.25

5.5

6

6.5

7

7.5

Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3

Graphic of Score

There was increasing the average score from cycle 1, cycle 2 and cycle 3- the researcher took their score from exercises that they have done. (look at appendix 10, 14, 15, 16)

• It is figured in this graphic design:

From graphic shows the result score evaluation are: 9 students got score 7 (63%), 7 students got score 8 (38%), 4 students got score 9 (23%). The average score is 7.75 , it means that the method by games is make improvement for Speaking English for the students.

Grapich of Evaluation Score

Score 741%

Score 836%

Score 923%

Score 7

Score 8

Score 9

From the facts and data that I accepted there are many factors why do they have low ability and low motivation in speaking learning .

The factors are : The Students are afraid to make mistake in pronunciation The Students have little self confidence, and low motivation to

speak extensively The Students are reasons why they can’t understand what they

speak The Students didn't’ t get message , feelings and experience

from the author, and the students have not The students have not enough encourage to speak.

The problems above often arise in speakinglearning, especially in the first at fourth grade,

theseare some solutions to overcome: They have to practice speaking aloud to

develop their pronunciations Choose the suitable games to work on

depending their knowledge level Choose effective guessing to make involve

and participant from students Help the students to do extensive speaking

practice And make a group to improve they ability to

speaking .

Conclusions and SuggestionsConclusions and Suggestions

– From the cycle 1, the researcher which got, almost all student unable to answer and say truly.

– From the cycle 2, the researcher must make safety felling for the students.

– There was increasing in their speaking ability and the responses showed that they had motivation in learning speaking.

The conclusion from three cycles that the process of the improvement student’s speaking skill through guessing games, first that the researcher must make situation of the classroom more conducive so that the students can fell more safely. The researcher has to choose effective guessing to make involve and participant from students.

The students more encourages and more active when the researcher gives the materials by group, they more confidence to improve their ability speaking skill and to make conversation by their group.

Suggestion

The researcher has some suggestions for the students, Englishteacher and the institution as follow :a. The recommendation as follow for teacher :

– The teacher should make conducive and make comfortable in the class.

– It is good for teacher to use technique to introduce guessing games to students

– Before teaching, teacher should structure and plan this technique carefully

– Teacher must be able to manage the class and the time in order to make students be more active and involved to the activity and make it runs well.

– The teacher should keep monitoring during the stages

b. For the students :If student find difficulties in understanding the games, they should ask the teacher for clearer explanation.The students should be active in participating during the lessonThe students should remind their friends to keep speaking English

c. For the institution:– Provide facilities that support the students activities

in learning English– Maximize the function of the library as a medium for

learning– Provide the teachers that qualified based on their

background education.– Create the good relationship among the students,

teachers, staffs, and the headmaster.

THAT’S ALLTHAT’S ALL