The Characteristics of the Junior High School Students

2 Television and radio games: this kind of game is similar to guessing game where someone thinks of an object and the others will ask yes-no questions. c. Discussion Discussion includes formal topics, informal topics, whole-group to small- group interactions. 1 Buzz group: this kind of discussion is used in a wide range of discussion. For example, students predict the content of a text and have them react to it. 2 Instant comment: this kind of activity allows the teacher to provide sudden question to the students after showing some kind of photographs or introducing some topics. 3 Formal debates: the students prepare argument to against the other opponent students. Before the debate start, the students are given time to make the arguments and time for rehearsal, mostly in groups. 4 Unplanned discussion: there are times when some discussions happen in the middle of lessons but they are unplanned. This activity allows the teachers to provide enjoyable and productive speaking section. 5 Reaching a consensus: this activity encourages the students to make a decision or a consensus in the end of the discussion. d. Prepared talks In prepared talk, the students make presentations based on the topics they have chosen. e. Questionnaires This activity allows the participants to make the pre-planned questions and answers to do an interview on any appropriate topics. f. Simulation and role-play Simulation and role-play can encourage students’ creativity. They have to think of the information needed and consider the situation. Simulation and role-play also encourage their fluency as well as train them to speak based on the situations. Using pictures to teach speaking skill can attract students’ attention and stimulate students to produce a language especially for speaking. Wright a medium suggested for helping the success of the teaching learning is pictures Wright, 1989: 2-4. Brown 2004 states that “a picture or a picture series is considered as a stimulus for longer story or description.” Pictures are flexible to be modified into several activities in the teaching and learning process. Wright 1989 explains some types of picture that can be used as media in the teaching and learning process as follows: 1 Picture with a lot of information Some pictures are full of information. The complexity of some pictures make them suitable for activities such as, describing, identifying, matching activities, and memory activities. 2 Sequences pictures They help the students to grasp the meaning of the pictures and give the idea to discuss the picture setting and the relationship between the picture and the words.