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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
In Indonesia, English is considered the first foreign language. It is taught formally from elementary school up to university level because
English is very important and has many interrelationships with various aspects of life owned by human being. Entering the era of globalization or
better known as the free market requires every individual to prepare resources that are reliable, especially in the fields of science and
technology. In this case the role of English is needed in communication technology to interact directly.
There are four skills in English language that should be mastered, they are: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The reading skill
became very important in the education field, students need to be exercised and trained in order to have a good reading skill. The students
should be able to master more vocabulary if they want to learn the four skills. Without speaking, we are like dumb persons. Most of us are
familiar with how people feel about appearances, but the manner in which you speak is also important. Even if you are dressed nicely, using poor
grammar will show that you are wolf in sheeps clothing. You might look nice on the outside, but youre not so nice in the inside. To succeed, you
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must focus on your appearance as well as your manner of speaking.
Competence-oriented is used in the curriculum today, meaning that students are required to have certain competencies or skills as a result of
the learning process at school. Competency-based education is emphasized on the ability to be possessed by graduates of the education level.
Competence is often called the standard of competence or the ability which generally must be mastered graduates. Therefore, the
implementation of competency-based education is expected to produce graduates who are able to compete at the global level.
Learning and speaking English is an important step in the settlement process because it helps newcomers obtain better jobs, get
involved in their communities, participate in events, vote with confidence and express themselves. Therefore, the writer is interested in Teaching
English Speaking to the students in SMP N 1 Masaran and the apprentice held job training as an English teacher at SMP N 1 Masaran especially for
the first grade students of Junior High School in focusing this final project.The apprentice wants to complete the data for final project report
and improve skills and abilities in teaching students. The title of this final
project is Teaching Speaking to the First Grade Students of Junior High School of SMP N 1 Masaran.
B. Objectives
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