Planning the Research Research Procedure
55 before they practiced. They did not have enough time to practice speaking. Their
time to practice speaking in the class or outside the class was limited so that the
students were never accustomed to speaking English. In addition, the results of
the speaking test for the first topic in the 2013 Curriculum was not satisfying enough. Table 4.1 presents the results
of the students’ speaking scores before the implementation of cue cards.
Table 4.1 The Students’ Speaking Scores before
the Implementation of Cue Cards
Student Task
Pronun- ciation
Grammar Fluency Polite-
ness Final
Score Minimum Score
75
1 3
2 2
2 4
52.0 Need improvement
2 3
2 2
1 4
48.0 Need improvement
3 3
2 2
2 4
52.0 Need improvement
4 2
2 2
1 4
44.0 Need improvement
5 2
2 2
2 4
48.0 Need improvement
6 2
2 2
2 4
48.0 Need improvement
7 3
2 2
2 4
52.0 Need improvement
8 2
2 2
2 4
48.0 Need improvement
9 3
2 2
2 4
52.0 Need improvement
10 3
2 2
1 4
48.0 Need improvement
11 3
2 2
2 4
52.0 Need improvement
12 3
3 3
2 4
60.0 Need improvement
13 2
2 2
2 4
48.0 Need improvement
14 2
2 2
2 4
48.0 Need improvement
15 3
2 3
2 4
56.0 Need improvement
16 4
3 3
3 4
68.0 Need improvement
17 3
2 2
1 4
48.0 Need improvement
18 3
2 3
2 4
56.0 Need improvement
19 4
3 3
2 4
64.0 Need improvement
20 4
3 3
3 4
68.0 Need improvement
21 2
2 2
2 4
480 Need improvement
22 4
3 3
2 4
64.0 Need improvement
23 4
3 3
2 4
64.0 Need improvement
24 2
2 2
2 4
48.0 Need improvement
25 4
2 3
3 4
64.0 Need improvement
26 2
2 2
2 4
48.0 Need improvement
27 3
3 2
3 4
60.0 Need improvement
28 3
2 2
2 4
52.0 Need improvement
29 3
2 2
2 4
52.0 Need improvement
30 3
2 2
2 4
52.0 Need improvement
31 4
3 3
3 4
68.0 Need improvement
32 4
2 3
3 4
64.0 Need improvement
Average 2.97