Speaking proficiency as guidelines. From their overall performance, it can be concluded that most of the students were in the novice mid level. There were only
8 students who were in the novice low level and they became the focus of the research. Most of the students could introduce themselves in a proper manner,
even there was a student who was able to introduce himself using different expressions and gave additional information about himself. For this activity, the
teacher did not find any difficulty in asking the students to perform in front of the class.
b. Making a Lesson Plan and Selecting the First Technique Role-play
The researcher then decided to apply the first technique. It was role-play. Meanwhile, before applying the first technique the researcher made a lesson plan.
After the students learnt the vocabulary and phrases which were used in introducing in the first hour of the lesson, the researcher explained the definition
of role-play and the way to do it. After explaining it, the researcher grouped the students. After grouping the students, the researcher asked the students to perform
in front of the class. There were ten groups in the class. Nine groups consisted of four students and one group consisted of five students. They did a role play in
both introducing themselves and introducing others. After doing role-play, at the end of the lesson the students recalled what had been learnt.
Role-play is the first technique which was implemented by the teacher to solve the problems. The first problem which occurred in the first activity was the
students spoke in a very low and unclear voice. The students were afraid and did PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
not feel confident to perform in front of the class alone. Therefore, the teacher conducted the second activity by implementing role-play. By doing role-play the
students could perform in a group and it aimed to reduce students’ fear and to increase students’ confidence. Role-play was also expected to solve the second,
third and forth problem because the students could prepare their performances by making the dialogue and practicing to speak before performing in front of the
class.
c. Applying the Technique
After the researcher explained the definition of role-play and how to do it, the students decided the members of their groups. Then they made the dialogue of
self introduction. After finished making the dialogue, they performed in front of the class. They pretended that they did not know each other and they introduced
themselves to others.
d. Monitoring and Noticing the Fact Findings
