Continued
The students made many errors in pronouncing the
English words. By drilling them how to
pronounce certain words their
pronunciation was getting better.
After frequently drilling them pronunciation and
giving them tongue twister, the students were able to
pronounce various words legibly.
It was found that the students got problems to find what to
say and how to say. By drilling them
vocabularies and applying interactive group work
activities, the students’ ability to find what to say
was improved though it was found that they were not
fluent yet. The students seemed fluent
enough to speak in English after the researcher applied
drilling word ordering and applying more challenging
interactive group work activities.
The students rarely employed English during
teaching and learning activity.
After implementing group work activities, the students
employed English more frequently.
Not only employing English more frequently, the students
also started being fluent in speaking English.
D. The Result of Speaking Test
The result of the speaking test was obtained by conducting pre-test and post test. Both of them were carried out by asking students in the form of
interview. To assess the speaking ability, the researcher adapted speaking rubric assessment issued by New York LOTE for interview which covers
comprehension, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Fluency, and Grammar. Based on this
assessment, the score was scaled from 0-2. The topics of the interview were related to the materials that they have learnt including, signs and symbols,
number, public transportation schedule, food and drink, and menu. To carry out the interview, the researcher invited the students based on
their attendance list. The other students waited for the interview outside the classroom while they filled their strengths and weaknesses in English lesson.
The table below shows the summary of pre test and post test result. Meanwhile, the detail information about the speaking test result was enlisted in
the list of appendices.
Table 11: The Result of Students’ Speaking Ability in Pre-Test
Mean Pre Test
Researcher Collaborator
Mean 33.87097
32.09677 Number of Students
31 31
From the table 5 above, it was found that the mean of English speaking test from the researcher was 33.87 which was higher that the score obtained by the
collaborator, 32.09. From those two scores, the researcher, then, calculated the mean of scores resulted by the researcher and the collaborator. It was found that
the mean of the pre test was 32.967742. The format of the post test was the same as the pre-test in terms of the
speaking rubric and the procedure of the interview. The detail information of students’ speaking ability in post test was enlisted in the appendices whereas the
mean of the score was enlisted in table 6 below.
Table 12: The Result of Students’ Speaking Ability in Pre-Test
Mean Post Test
Researcher Collaborator
Mean 36.4194
34.0968 Number of Students
31 31
From the table above, it could be inferred that there was improvement of students’ speaking ability. In the post test, the mean of students speaking ability which was
obtained by the researcher was 36.4194. Meanwhile, the data showed that the mean of the students’ speaking ability based on the research collaborator
assessment was 34.0968. From those two scores, it could be summarized that the mean of post test was 35.258065. This score was higher rather than the pre test
score. In summary, the improvement of students’ speaking ability could be seen
in the chart below:
Figure 9: The Result of Pre-Test and Post-Test
5 10
15 20
25 30
35 40
45 50
Researcher Collaborator
The Students Speaking Ability Improvement
Pre-Test Post-Test
Table 13: The Result of Students’ Speaking Ability in Pre-Test and Post-Test of Each Aspect
