4 friends during the discussion activity.
Last but not least, the next factor was related to the facility. The teacher could not present the media which can be used to attract
students’ attention. Also, the appropriate speaking material for N u r s i n g
p r o g r a m m e were also not present because of the limited facility. Whenever the teachers need LCD projector for their media, the teacher had to
take the LCD from the teacher’s room and to bring it into the classroom. This condition made the teacher rarely used media in the teaching and learning
activity. The materials used in the classroom were only the materials from textbook which were less various.
In conclusion, all aspects related to the students, the teacher, and the facility for grade X Nursing Class of SMK Muhammadiyah 3 Klaten Tengah
need to be improved. The improvements are needed to support the development of the students in mastering their speaking skill, and it can be
reached by implementing role play as the innovative activity in the teaching and learning process.
C. Limitation of the Problem
This study will be focused on the techniques used to improve students’ speaking ability,
the students’ improvement, and also about its effect on the students’ interest and skill. Nowadays, there are so many techniques that can
be used to improve speaking ability, and one of the methods is role play. The researcher decided to use role play because it can give the students
new atmosphere in speaking session. The students are asked to express
5 dialogue and imagine it based on the simulation given by the teacher. Role
play improves the fluency of the student s’ oral performance—many teachers
have found that students speak more freely when they are playing a role, when they do not have to be themselves.
D. Formulation of the Problem
Considering the background of the study above, the problems which are
investigated by the researcher are stated as follows.
1. Does the role play method interest students in their learning
process? 2.
Does the role play method improve the students’ speaking skill?
E. Objectives of the Study
This study aims to know that role play attracts the students ’
interest in their learning process and to know that role play improves the students’ speaking skill.
F. Significance of the Study
In this study, the researcher expects that it will give some contributions to the English language teaching. There are three significances gained from
this study. They are: 1.
The teachers The English teachers can get knowledge about teaching speaking
using role play and use the result of the study to help them teaching and motivating the students to be active in the process of English
teaching and learning.
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The students Students are expected to get better learning by which they will be
able to improve their speaking ability. They are expected to have better courage in expressing themselves and have great creativity in
speaking English. 3.
The researcher The researcher is expected to have better knowledge about teaching
English using role play and is expected to be able to provide information as the starting point for the students to improve their
speaking skill.
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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
