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1. To English teachers

With regard to the effectiveness of the implementation of using alternative rock songs in teaching speaking which can improve the students‘ speaking skill, it is suggested that the English teachers can apply as the researcher did. As music needs a lot of preparation, the English teachers are suggested to find interesting and appropriate songs for the students if they are going to use it in order to attract the students‘ interest and involvement in the teaching and learning process of speaking.

2. To the Students

The implementations of using alternative rock songs as a speaking method are useful and important to improve th e students‘ speaking skill. And also, the students become more interested to speak English. This suggests students use music as side activity in their learning process. 3. To other Researchers The researcher realizes that this research gives an emphasis on the use of alternative rock songs to improve the students‘ speaking skill. The findings of the research may be used as references for other researchers who want to conduct similar research. 109 REFERENCES Brown, H. D. 2001. Teaching by Principles: an Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. New York: Addison Wesley Longman.Inc. . 2004. Language Assessment, Principles and Classroom Practices. New York : Pearson Education, Inc BSNP.2006. Panduan Penyusunan Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan Jenjang Pendidikan Dasar dan Menengah. Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. Burns, A.1999. Collaborative Action Research for English Language Teacher. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. _____________. 2010. Doing Action Research in English Language Teachers. New York: Routledge. Cohen, L., M, L., and Morrison, K. 2000. Research Methods in Education. New York: Routledge Falmer. Creswell, John W. 2008. Educational Research: Planning, Conducting and Evaluation Quantitative and Qualitative Research. Lincoln: Pearson. Denscombe, Martyn. 2007. The Good Research Guide. New York: Open University Press. Harmer, J. 2001.How to Teach English: An Introduction to the Practice of English Language Teaching. Essex: Longman _____________. 2001a. The Practice of Language Teaching. New York: Longman. _____________. 2007b. The Practice of English Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kayi, H. 2006. Teaching Speaking: Activities to Promote Speaking in A Second Language, http:iteslj.orgTechniquesKayi-TeachingSpeaking.html .Accessed on February 8 th , 2014. 110 Koshy, V. 2005.Action Research for Improving Practice. London: A SAGE Publication Louma, Sari. 2009. Assessing Speaking. Cambridge; Cambridge University Press. Medina, Suzanne. 2002. Using Music to Enhance Second Language Acquisition. California: Pearson Medina, S. L. 2002. The effects of music upon second language vocabulary acquisition. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Teachers of English to speakers of other languages. San Francisco, CA. Nunan, D. 1989. Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ___________. 2003. Practical English Language Teaching: Teachers Text Book Handouts. McGraw: Hill Companies. Richards, J and W. Renandya. 2002. Methodology in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Richards, J. 2006. Communicative Language Teaching.3th edition. Essex: Pearson Education, ltd. Rivers, W, M. 1981. Teaching Foreign Language Skills. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Rosova, Veronika. Diploma Thesis: The Use of Music In Teaching English. Retrieved on February 14 th , 2014. Smith Salcedo, Claudia. 2002. A Dissertation: The Effects Of Songs In The Foreign Language Classroom On Text Recall And Involuntary Mental Rehearsal. Brno: Lousiana State University. Spratt, M, Alan Pulveness, Melanie Williams. 2005. The Teaching Knowledge Test Course. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Thornbury, S. 2005. How to Teach Speaking, Essex: Pearson Educational Limited. 111 APPENDIXES 112 Appendix A Course Grid 113 IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE ROCK SONGS OF THE XI GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 1 PLERET IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 20132014 COURSE GRID A. STANDARD COMPETENCY 7. Understanding meaning in form of formal transactional and interpersonal text in the context of daily life. 9. Expressing meaning in form of formal transactional and interpersonal text in the context of daily life.

B. BASIC COMPETENCY