1. 1. 1 Pre-observation RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

treatments that the researcher would give to the students during the action research cycles. There were seven students in this eighth grade of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Junior High School. Each student was given for about 15 minutes to fill in the questionnaire. The students looked seriously when they answered the questionnaire. Below was the explanation and the interpretation of the students’ need analysis questionnaire. Table 4.1 The Students’ Speaking Skill 1 No Statements Mean Meaning 1 I can speak English fluently. 1.71 strongly disagree 2 I can deliver my ideas in English easily. 1.71 strongly disagree 3 I can pronounce the English words easily. 2.00 disagree Average 1.80 Strongly disagree The values of the statements were between 1.71 up to 2.00. They indicated that the students strongly disagreed with the statements. From the values, it could be concluded that the students’ speaking skill needed to be improved. Table 4.2 The Students’ Speaking Skill 2 No Statements Mean Meaning 4 I can memorize the new vocabulary without any difficulties. 2.71 disagree 5 I can speak English grammatically correct. 2.14 disagree 6 I understand what other people say in English but I do not know 2.85 disagree PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI No Statements Mean Meaning how to reply them in English. 7 I do not understand at all what other people say in English. 2.28 disagree 8 I only a bit understand what other people say in English. 2.28 disagree Average 2.45 disagree The values of the statements were between 2.14 up to 2.85. They indicated that the students disagreed with the statement. From the values, it could be concluded that the students’ speaking skill needed to be improved. Table 4.3 The Needs of English No Statements Mean Meaning 9 Able to speak English is very important for me. 4.57 strongly agree 10 I want to be fluent in speaking English but my vocabularies are limited. 4.57 strongly agree 11 I want to be fluent in speaking English but I’m afraid to make mistakes and being laughed by others. 4.28 strongly agree 12 I want to be fluent in speaking English in order to have a good score. 4.14 strongly agree 13 I want to be fluent in speaking English so that I am able to communicate with the foreigners. 4.42 strongly agree 14 I want to be fluent in speaking English so that it will be easy for me to find a job in the future. 4.42 strongly agree 15 I want to be able to speak English because may be one day 4.28 strongly agree PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI No Statements Mean Meaning I will go overseas to study or just to have vacation. Average 4.38 strongly agree The values of the statements were between 4.14 up to 4.55. They indicated that the students strongly agreed with the statement. From the values, it could be concluded that that the mastery of speaking skill was very important for the students. Table 4.4 The Atmosphere of Learning Speaking in the Classroom. No Statements Mean Meaning 16 The learning activities so far in the classroom is fun. 2.00 disagree 17 The learning activities so far encourage me to speak English more. 2.28 disagree 18 The learning activities so far in the classroom are able to improve my speaking skill. 2.71 disagree 19 I often speak English in the classroom during the lesson. 2.28 disagree 20 I always maximize my time to practice English during the lesson. 2.57 disagree Average 2.36 disagree The values of the statements were between 2.00 up to 2.71. They indicated that the students disagreed with the statement. From the values, it could be concluded that the atmosphere of the learning speaking needed to be improved and evaluated. The students thought that the learning activities so far did not give