Applying speaking board games Giving listening activities to provide the model of expressions Giving the students some practices Giving feedback and prompt if necessary

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e. Using classroom English during the teaching and learning process

B. The Implementation of Cycle I 1.

Planning The researcher team planned to conduct the Cycle 1 in three meetings. Based on the results of the discussion of the research team, the action plans of Cycle I that would be performed are presented on the following page.

a. Applying speaking board games

The speaking board games technique was applied at the stage of production. By applying speaking board games in speaking activity the students would use the expressions they had learnt in a short conversation through a joyful way. When they were playing the speaking board games, they would not be reluctant or shy to speak English using the expressions. This would also make the students to participate more in the speaking activities.

b. Giving listening activities to provide the model of expressions

The students need a model in the speaking activities, so that they can produce the expressions based on the model that had been given. The researcher would give the students listening activities at the stage of presentation. In this stage, the students would be given the model as the input of speaking in the spoken form. The students also would identify the expressions involved in the recordingvideo. The listening activities would also be in the form of 61 pronunciation practice. In this activity, the students could listen directly to the model of English pronunciation.

c. Giving the students some practices

Before the students go to the production stage, they have to do some practices first. The researcher planned to provide them some activities to practice. In this stage, the students would practice pronunciation, grammar and the expressions that they have to acquire.

d. Giving feedback and prompt if necessary

The researcher planned to encourage all students to be aware of their performance. The researcher would give signals when they made mistakes and gave some examples with the right ones so that they realized their mistakes or just showing their mistake and how to correct it. The researcher would also prompt the students if necessary, when they found difficulties to say something.

e. Using classroom English during the teaching and learning process