The Use of Bamboo Dancing Technique to Improve the Eleventh Grade Students’ Speaking Achievement

Abstract

This classroom action research was aimed at improving the eleventh-grade students’ speaking achievement using the bamboo dancing technique and to know the improvement of their participation during the teaching and learning process. The research participants were the XI-IBB 1 students chosen purposively. The students’ speaking scores and observation data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that the use of the bamboo dancing technique could improve the students’ speaking achievement and their participation in speaking class. The students who got targeted scores were improved from 70.83% in Meeting 1 to 83.33% in Meeting 2. It was suggested for English teachers to apply the bamboo dancing technique in speaking class.

Bamboo Dancing Method in Speaking Class for Eleventh Graders

“…The bamboo dancing method may increase the speaking abilities of those students in senior high school, and this method is not just exciting and enjoyable for kindergarten and elementary school students only. By implementing this method, students can share their learning experiences, improve communication, and boost one another's self-esteem through peer support (Setiawan, 2021).…”

“…Furthermore, the researchers treated the experimental group using the bamboo dancing method to treat participants and using expalanation traditionally in control group. The steps of the bamboo dancing technique in this study adopted from Setiawan et al (2021). The steps in performing the Bamboo dancing technique are: 1) The teacher introduces the topic as the first step in the learning process; 2) The class is divided into two groups by the teacher in which each group consists of 12 students who stand face to face in a standing position, 4) The teacher then provides responses to various subjects for each group to study and develop dialogues and discuss the content thoroughly, 5) Following the talk, 12 students from the group face each other and walk clockwise down the side of the line.…”

“…Bamboo dancing has been proven effective for learning German-speaking (Harianto & Dalle, 2018) and can be applied in Mathematics classes (Waryadi et al, 2019). In addition, several studies have shown that this method is also effectively used in learning to speak English at every level, such as junior high school (Agustina et al, 2021), high school (Setiawan, 2021;Siahaan, 2018), and elementary school (Rukminiwati, 2012). This learning model is knowledgeable best suited to share and exchange experiences and information between students (Aryanti, 2021).…”