6 the integrated teaching learning. The researcher thinks it is appropriate to be
implemented in this school because it has the television and the VCD player. It also has students in low intelligence so that the researcher wants to help them
catch up from the middle and high-intelligent students. This study will be done in collaboration between the English teacher and the researcher. The material was
designed by the researcher with the help of the teacher, and then it was implemented. It is aimed to make the learning more effective and more efficient.
By implementing Fun with English, the teachers are expected to be able to use it as their effective way to develop their students’ speaking ability because speaking
is used as the best indicator of the success in language learning. It is also expected that the students will be fluent in speaking English after being taught using Fun
with English so that they are ready to continue their study in the higher levels and
ready in facing the global era.
B. Problem Formulation
There are two problems that will be answered through this study. They are: 1. How is Fun with English as audio-visual materials implemented to
develop English speaking skill of junior high school students? 2. How does Fun with English as audio-visual materials improve the English
speaking skill of junior high school students?
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C. Problem Limitation
Because the researcher wants to apply mediated-method to improve English speaking ability of junior high school students, teaching method implementation
is the area limitation of this study. Here, the researcher uses pictures as the media. Pictures are divided into two. They are still picture and live picture. Fun with
English uses live pictures in conveying the materials given. That is why the
researcher gives limitation only on the using of live pictures.
D. Research Objectives
The objectives of the study are: 1. To describe how Fun with English can be implemented effectively to
improve student’s speaking skill. 2. To describe the good impacts Fun with English gives in improving English
speaking skill for junior high school students.
E. Research Benefits
This research is conducted to give some benefits for the teachers of junior high schools, for the students of junior high schools, and for the researcher.
1. The teachers of junior high schools This research helps them improve the learning achievement of speaking skill
of junior high school students. It is also expected that speaking skill of students will be better after being taught using Fun with English. Besides, this research
8 also helps teachers to know whether Fun with English is effective to develop the
junior high school students speaking ability. 2. The students of junior high schools
Through the implementation of the use of Fun with English, students are expected to be able to understand the material easier because they are interested in
the teaching learning process. It is also expected that the students’ speaking skill will improve significantly after being taught using Fun with English so that they
become fluent in speaking English. 3. The researchers of this study
The researcher of this study hopes that Fun with English could be implemented successfully to improve speaking skill of junior high school
students. The researcher also wants to help English teachers of junior high schools provide an interesting and effective media for their English teaching-learning
activities. Besides, through the implementation of the use of Fun with English the researcher will know will know to what extent Fun with English develops English
speaking skill of junior high school students.
F. Definition of Terms
