Improving Students’ Motivation and Speaking Competence by Using Think-Pair-Share Strategy

This research investigated the teaching of English by using Two Stay Two Stray to improve the students’ speaking skill in the 10th-grade students of vocational schools, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The participants of this research were 28 students. The research utilized a classroom action research. The research covered two cycles and each cycle consisted of four steps they were; planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The research consisted of two cycles, and each cycle applied three parts, such as; pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The data collected were qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were gained through observation and documentation. Meanwhile, the quantitative data was collected from the test. The researcher used SPSS 16.00 to analyze the quantitative data. The researcher found a significant improvement in students’ speaking skills after giving treatment using Two Stay Two Stray in cycle I and II. The improvement of using Two Stay Two Stray in improving the students’ speaking skill was significant. It can be seen from cycle I up to the cycle II. The result of the cycle I showed that the mean of post-test is higher than the the pre-test. The mean of the post-test was 66.14 and pre-test are 60.50. In cycle II, the mean of the post-test is higher than the mean of the pre-test. The mean score of post-test was 76.28 and pre-test are 66.14. The researcher concluded that using Two Stay Two Stray improved the 10th grade students’ speaking skill at vocational schools, West Nusa Tenggara Province.

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 86%

Teaching English Using Two Stay Two Stray in Improving Students' English Speaking Skills Integrated with Foreign Language Anxiety

Jupri¹,

Mismardiana

Muslim³

et al. 2022

“…Giving big chances to speak can encourage students to think and communicate in the target language spontaneously. It is in line with Fitri et al (2021), Hanan &Budiarti (2019), andRusmawan et al (2021) who state in speaking classes students should be given opportunities to explore their selves using the target language being learnt so that they can realize what linguistic aspects they have low level. Besides, the English teacher reduce the use of Indonesian language in speaking classes.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 67%

Exploring the Use of Various Board Games to Enhance Speaking Skills Viewed from Students’ Phonology Awareness

Hidayatullah¹,

Haerazi²

2022

Speaking skill is classified as a productive skill after writing skills. It is related to communicative performance dealing with phonetic, fluency, accuracy, pronunciation, grammatical competence, intonation, and vocabulary mastery. Besides, students’ phonology knowledge is crucial in understanding speakers’ utterances in speaking activities. Therefore, students’ phonology awareness in speaking classes determine the students are success or not in having speaking skills. This study aims to elaborate the use of speaking board games to improve students’ speaking skills viewed from phonology awareness. To attain the research aims, this study employed classroom action research. The problems are focused on students’ speaking skills in relation to phonology awareness. The research data are classified into qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were gained using interview and observation sheets, while the quantitative data were collected using speaking tests. Based on the research findings, this study can be concluded that the use of speaking board games in teaching speaking classes which was combined with other various materials was able to improve students’ confidence and critical thinking skills to speak. It helped students practice their fluency, practice their accuracy, and gave smooth correction to the grammatical errors being made. Providing students with various speaking practices, the use of board games also facilitated students to improve their pronunciation inside and outside classes, vocabulary, and engage them to learn the English daily expressions in various topics.

“…The one basic consideration is about the students' current level and leaning atmospheres (Cowie, 2018). This situation can be resulting great learning outcome caused by the class situation, environment, teaching method, technique, approach or even from the teachers who cannot deliver their material successfully (Hanan & Budiarti, 2019). Therefore, speaking is one of the most complicated language which needs a good skill and confidence to speak out their words.…”

Section: Literature Review Speaking Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Suggestopedia-Based Language Learning to Enhance Students’ Speaking Skills Viewed from Teachers’ Educational Background

Syarifuddin¹,

Muhlisin²,

Thinh³

2022

Speaking skills are nowadays more promising skills economically to be learnt. The importance of mastering speaking skills shows that teachers should find a good solution to encourage their students to practice speaking much more. One of the learning models applied by teachers is suggestopedia-based language learning (SBLL) activities. Therefore, this study investigated the effectiveness of suggestopedia-based language learning to enhance students’ speaking skills viewed from teachers’ educational backgrounds at middle schools. To achieve the research goal, researchers employed experimental study using an equivalent pre-test and post-test control group design. The samples of this study were 75 students at middle schools, and they were divided into two classes. 33 students were involved as the experimental class subjected to the SBLL activities. 32 students were invited as the control classes, which was taught using the existing instructional activities (eclectic learning principles). The two groups were distributed speaking tests in the pre-test and post-test sessions. The variable of teachers’ educational background is assumed as helping variable that gives an effect on students’ speaking ability. The criteria used in this case are Very High (Educational Doctor) High (Educational Master), Moderate (Educational Bachelor), and Low (Non-educational Bachelor). The research findings of this study informed that the implementation of the SBLL has positive effects on speaking skills at middle schools. Furthermore, there is interaction between teachers’ educational background and the use of the SBLL in improving students’ speaking skills at middle schools. Therefore, this study can be concluded that the use of the SBLL was able to enhance students’ speaking skills viewed from teachers’ educational backgrounds at the middle schools.