English for Vocational School in the 2013 Curriculum
34 the goals of teaching speaking so that the teaching practice will not deviate from
the goals. To know the problems which are faced by the students in X Kimia Industri of SMK Negeri Depok, the researcher did the observation. The knowledge
of problems in teaching speaking is used to support the results of analyzing the students’ problems. The last theory in Teaching Speaking Skill, namely the
principles of teaching speaking, is used by the researcher as the guidance to teach speaking. Knowing the principles of teaching speaking, the researcher can
conduct the teaching and learning successfully. Therefore, the goal of this research, which is to help the students improve their speaking skill, can be
achieved. The knowledge of the use of cue cards as the teaching media is important in
this research since cue cards are the teaching aids used to help the students improve their speaking skill. The knowledge of the advantages of using cue cards
will be the foundation to understand what cue cards are and how cue cards can be used effectively in learning speaking. Understanding those theories, the researcher
choose the cue cards which can be used effectively in teaching and learning activities. Therefore, the knowledge of the advantages of cue cards is supported
by the knowledge of speaking activities using cue cards. The theory about communication drill Rivers, 1983, pp. 44-48 is the foundation to implement the
cue cards in the speaking activities in order to create the meaningful and effective learning process.
The knowledge in the section English of Vocational School in the 2013 Curriculum is also important in this research since this research will be conducted
35 in the vocational school, which has special aims of education. The theory helps
the researcher to recognize the needs and the characteristics of vocational students. While the knowledge about English in the 2013 Curriculum is used for
the guidance to make lesson plan and the assessment of the students’
performances, so that the goal of teaching speaking English based on the 2013 Curriculum can be reached.
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