The last , the writer analyzes the students’ speaking score from pre-test up to post-
test. It used to know whether students improve their score or not. She uses the formula:
y1 – y
P : percentage of students’ improvement
P = ─── X 100
y : pre-test result
Y
y1 : post-test 1
H. Criteria of the Action Success
Classroom Action Research CAR is able to be called successful if it can exceed the criteria which has been determined. In this study the research will
succeed when there is 75 of students could pass the assessment score ≥ 65 based
on the minimal mastery level criterion-Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal KKM which is adapted from the school agreement SMPN 251.
In addition, the success of the action is not only measured with the achievement students’ speaking score, but also the role play technique can
motivate the students and they become more actively in learning process. If the criterion of the action success achieved, it means that the next action of the
Classroom Action Research CAR would be stopped, but if this condition has not been reached yet, the alternative action would be done in the next cycle.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. The Result of Pre Implementation of the Action
1. The Result of Interview
The interview was held on Thursday, January 13
th
2010 started at 15.10 and finished at 16.00. The writer asked to the teacher some
questions which were divided into three categories of question, they are: the general condition of class, the difficulty in speaking skill, and the
strategy used by the teacher in teaching speaking. First category discussed the general condition of class especially in
speaking class. The teacher said that the most of students did not like studying English, because it is difficult lesson and they sometimes gained
low competence in English. The teacher also said that speaking is the most difficult skill to be learned in VII.2 grade, because most of them
were hardly to pass the target score of the minimal mastery level criterion KKM.
Second category is the difficulty in speaking skill. The teacher said that the students’ difficulties in speaking lied on pronouncing the word or
sentence, self confidence, and organizing the word into a sentence, and
this caused by less in practice English speaking.
The last category is the strategy used by the teacher in teaching English speaking. The teacher said that she has never used role play in
teaching the students, she usually teaches speaking by introducing new
