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Dua is a curriculum, which has been developed according to the SNP + X principle. The SNP is an education national system which relates to the
curriculum content, and X is content component taken from OECD Singapura and Australia
which is adapted into RSDBI curriculum in SDN Cemara Dua. The SNP + X includes content standard, process, graduate competency, educators,
staff, facility, management, fund and evaluation; the X factor is the strength, study, development, extension .
Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan KTSP is arranged by focusing on the content standard standar isi and graduate competence standard standar
kompetensi lulusan SKL which has been validated by the government to guarantee the purpose of the national education. The arrangement of KTSP is
based on the guidance which is arranged by Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan Pendidikan BSNP and other requirements about the curriculum in UU 20 No
2003 and it is strengthened in PP 19 No 2005. “Kurikulum tingkat satuan pendidikan jenjang pendidikan dasar dan
menengah dikembangkan6 oleh sekolah dan komite sekolah berpedoman pada standar kompetensi lulusan dan standar isi serta panduan
penyusunan kurikulum yang dibuat oleh BSNP
” “Standar isi adalah ruang lingkup materi dan tingkat kompetensi yang
dituangkan dalam kriteria tentang kompetensi tamatan, kompetensi bahan kajian, kompetensi mata pelajaran, dan silabus pembelajaran yang yang
harus dipenuhi oleh peserta didik pada jenjang dan jenis pendidikan
tertentu”
E. Rationale
Using audio visual aid in teaching and learning process is one ways to utilize the students to improve their speaking skill. As stated by Huebener 1965
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: 3 the use of audio-visual materials and methods increases the effectiveness of learning by helping the pupil to assimilate ideas in a more meaningful and
interesting manner. Audio - visual aid is important for young learners because it can motivate
and make the students enjoy the teaching and learning process especially speaking activity.
F. Action Hypothesis
Based on the theory and rationale above, the hypothesis is formulated as follows: Audio-visual aids can improve the students speaking skill.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Setting of the Research
The study is a classroom action research, which is aimed to implement the use of audio
– visual aids to improve students’ speaking skill. The research is conducted at the first grade students of SDN Cemara Dua NO. 13 Surakarta
20092010 academic year. The school is located in the centre of Surakarta city. It is near Balapan railway station, so everyone can easily reach this school. The
place is so strategic. The school is one of favourite schools in Surakarta, and this school is the only one school which has RSBI class in the Surakarta in elementary
school level. The school is big enough. The buildings consist of three main buildings, namely campus 1, campus 2 and campus 3. There are many students in
SDN Cemara Dua No. 13, more over than 800 students study there, and the teachers and staff are about 80 peoples.
There are six grades, 1 up to 6 grades. The grade is parallel. It means that each grade has several classes. There are three classes in 1
st
grade of RSBI and two classes of Regular. In the second grade, there are two RSBI classes and
regular classes. In the third up to sixth grade, there are three regular classes, namely class A, B and C. There is also acceleration class, class 4 half 5 and 5 half
6. The school facilities are complete, such as classrooms, language laboratory, two computer laboratories, teacher office, headmaster office, two mosques, three
canteens, students’ health centre, science laboratory etc. In RSBI class, each class
