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the st udents’ speaking skill. The three questions out of the six questions asked
about the English hour teaching strategy related to the students’ improvement in
speaking English, the students’ willingness to speak English, and the students’
confidence to speak or communicate with others in English. The three effects will be explained deeper to make a clear understanding.
a. The Students’ Improvement in Speaking English
There were three questions related to the students’ improvement in speaking skill. The result of the first question, there were 94 of the respondents
who answered that they improved their speaking skill through the English hour teaching strategy while 6 of the respondents who answered that they could not
improve their speaking skill. They were not really able to speak English although the teacher had created the English hour as the teaching strategy. Based on the
results of the interview with the teacher, at the first time, the students did not speak English because they did not know much vocabulary. When the students
followed the English hour, the students got many new words because the teacher used English and the students were forced to speak English. In addition, the
students also knew how to pronounce the words and knew the correct grammar of the sentences.
The result for the next question, there were 90 of the respondents who answered that the English hour teaching strategy improved their English ability
especially their speaking skill and there 10 of the respondents who answered that they did not get many advantages of doing the English hour teaching strategy.
The last question was related to the students’ improvement in speaking skill. From
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the results of the questionnaire, the English hour teaching strategy affected the students’ speaking skill in terms of enriching students’ vocabulary, knowing the
correct pronunciation of a word, and knowing the correct grammar of a sentence. From the results of the interview with the teacher and the results of the
questionnaire, the English hour teaching strategy improved the students’ speaking
skill. The students could enrich their vocabulary, know the correct pronunciation of the words, and know the correct grammar of the sentence. Figure 1.3 shows the
results of the questionnaire related to the teaching strategy towards the students’
improvement.
Figure 1.3 The s tudents’ improvement in speaking skill
Notes: a. The
English hour teaching strategy improved students’ speaking skill b. The English hour teaching strategy gave many advantages
b. The Students’ Willingness to Speak English
