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yang terdapat dalam video. Apalagi kan banyak dikasih reward kan tadi sama kemarin jadi siswanya tambah seneng sekali.”
They were motivated, maybe because you played the video. It motivated them to learn the material from the video better. Also, they
knew that you had rewards for them. They must be happy.
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, 2012 In conclusion, the students’ speaking skill can be improved by using
conversational videos. This statement is also supported by the interview transcript below.
Interview with the collaborator: R: “Hehe, iya Bu. Jadi bisa disimpulkan bahwa conversational videos ini
bisa digunakan untuk meningkatkan keterampilan berbicara siswa ya Bu?”
So, it can be concluded that we can use the conversational video to improve the students’ speaking skill, Ma’am?
C: “Iya Mbak.” “Yes.”
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B. The Result of the Research
This research consists of qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data deal with the general findings of the research in each cycle, while the
quantitative data present students’ speaking scores in the first and second cycle. The finding of the research of the use of conversational videos are presented
below.
1. Cycle I
a. In the aspect of pronunciation, some students were able to pronounce words accurately. Some of them were not.
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b. In the aspect of vocabulary, some students were able to identify the English words and their meanings, and to use them in their speaking. Some of them
were not be able to identify English words and their meaning, and were not able to use various vocabularies in their speaking.
c. In the aspect of fluency, some students were able to speak quickly and confidently with few unnatural pauses. Some of them still made repetition and
hesitation while talking. d. In the aspect of comprehension, some students were able to understand the
question, statements, and conversation at normal rate of speech. Some had not understood the question, statements, and conversation at normal rate of speech.
e. In the aspect of motivation, some students were motivated to speak more and to be actively involved in the discussion or even in the conversation. Some were
still less active and they took little part in the discussion and conversation.
2. Cycle II
a. In the aspect of pronunciation, all the students pronounced words accurately. b. In the aspect of vocabulary, all students were able to identify the English words
and their meanings, and use them in their speaking. c. In the aspect of fluency, all the students were able to speak quickly and
confidently with few unnatural pauses. d. In the aspect of comprehension, all the students were able to understand the
questions, statements, and conversation at normal rate of speech. e. In the aspect of motivation, all the students were motivated to speak more and
to actively take part on the conversation.
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Beside the result above, there were some additional findings obtained during the research. The additional findings are presented below.
a. The use of the conversational videos could help the students to speak and communicate well and accurately by making them watch, listen, and
understand, then imitate the language used in the conversational videos. b. The use of conversational videos motivated the students to speak because the
students were interested in watching videos. They like to see and listen to the language used in the video.
3. Summary of Cycle I and Cycle II
