44 investigation by teams of colleagues, practitioners and researchers. The last is the
changes in practice are based on the collection of information or data which provides the impetus for change. Burns, 1999; Nunan, 1999, in McKay, 2006
C. Research Setting
This research was conducted within the first semester of the 20132014 academic year from February to March 2014 at SMA N 1 Pleret at Social
Program. This school is located in Jl. Raya Pleret Km. 6, Bantul. Physically, SMA N 1 Pleret has 2 main major; they are Social and Science. The school was also
equipped with other facilities, such as a computer laboratory, teachers‘ office, a principal office, a mosque, a medical room, a school hall, two basketball fields, a
badminton field, and a volleyball court. The researcher conducted the research in class XI IPS 3 of SMA N 1 Pleret. Thus, the researcher had to implement the
actions in the class by following English lesson‘s schedule for the class. This school is very popular locally. For that reason, it becomes one of
favorite school in that cluster. Many students want to study in the school. The research was conducted in the second semester in the academic year 20132014.
The researcher chose this school because it had various students. There are many students from the city, who most of the students have known English when they
were in the junior high school. However, the function of language was different with the previous one. In the junior high school they learned the form of language
45 function, but in the senior high school school they learned the form of language
use. Most of the students gave a bad response to English subject. They got bored
teaching learning process when they learned Englis. They had low motivation in the teaching learning process in the Grade XI. They also had difficulties in
performing because they were low of self-confidence. They were afraid making mistakes and for that reason, they became very silent and shy. They did not get
any opportunities to practice speaking since an everyday activity was learned the same topic and they always got permitted by the teacher to dismiss earlier than the
schedule. The teacher did not use any course book in the daily teaching learning process.
The XI IPS 3 stud ents‘ were chosen because their speaking skill was low,
whereas after they were graduated, they should be mastering their speaking skill to face globalization. Most of them need fun and enjoyable teaching learning
process as their characteristic as adolescent students. The school has the same vision with the researcher in improving students‘ English speaking skill in order
to achieve the goal of English teaching learning process in SMA N 1 Pleret.
D. Object Focus of The Research
