40 After conducting the research, the researcher concluded that Talking Chips
strategy gives a significant difference on students’ English speaking ability between experimental class and control class. The significant progress showed in
experimental research. The students in experimental class can give and share their idea and opinion in front of the class bravely. Some positive values are
established there such as togetherness and teamwork. Based on those previous research conducted, it can be concluded that
Talking Chips strategy gives a good impa ct towards the students’ speaking
ability. That is the reason why the researcher tried to conduct a research on “The Use of Talking Chips Strategy to Improve Speaking Ability of Grade XI
Students of SMA N 1 Pengasih in the Academic Year Of 2013 2014”.
C. Conceptual Framework
In order to master English, learners have to master the four skills of English; listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Although the four skills are
equally important, speaking could be seen as the leading skill since speaking is one of the ways to communicate with others. As for Senior High School students,
they are expected to have the ability to express the meaning of short functional texts both formal and informal accurately, fluently, and acceptably in the daily
life context. Un
fortunately, there are some problems related to the students’ speaking ability. The problems could be from so many factors, the students, the teacher,
the activities during the learning process, or even the facilities. What mostly
41 happen in Indonesia, the students are afraid to make mistakes in front of their
friends. As the result, they tend to be silent when they are asked to share their ideas or opinions. The monotonous activities during the learning process could
make the condition getting worse. Based on those problems, Talking Chips strategy could be applied as an
effort to improve the students’ speaking ability. Talking Chips strategy could be applied in discussion activities during the learning process. This strategy allows
the students to participate and to give contribution in their group. This strategy also helps those who have low motivation and shy students to improve their
participation during the learning process. By using this strategy, every student would have more opportunity to practice English orally and gradually would
increase their speaking ability. Hopefully, this strategy could help the teacher to be more creative during the learning process and create atmosphere where the
students could decrease their fear on using English and motivate the students to be brave to speak up. It is expected that there would be positive changes in the
speaking teaching and learning process after applying this strategy.
