Scope and Limitation of the Study Definition of Key Terms

digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id their learningbe more fun and meaningful. The activities of English Club itself are discussion, role play, speech, debate, games, and information gaps. 2. English Morning Conversation English morning conversation is a program where students have a chat each other with new vocabulary. The students have to memorize the vocabulary. English morning conversation applied every day except Friday before entering the class. 3. English Day English Day is a day where is in this school, the teacher and the students must use English all day long. At MA Burhanul Hidayah, English day applied on Tuesday only. So, English Day program related to improve the students’ speaking skill. 4. Full Day Full day school applies the basic concept ‟integrated activity and integrated-curriculum. It means that the whole programs and activities of children including studying, entertaining, and praying is a unity of education system. The learning system of Full day school focuses on education programs that all of activities done in the school. Full day school trains students to achieve good prestige in learning process, it is also makes students got a changing in individual or in community. 2 At MA Plus Burhanul Hidayah, English program applied in two sections. First section is applied every day except Friday where the 2 Psikologi Pendidikan Dengan Pendekatan Baru Bandung: Remaja Rosada, 2004, 154. digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id students memorize vocabulary, we can call English morning. Second section is applied on Tuesday where all members of school must speak English start from 06.00 till 12.00, we can call English day. In sum, English program at MA Burhanul Hidayah is defined as students’ extra learning program besides regular English class, which more focuses on mastering students’ speaking skill but in the teaching and learning activities it contains not only speaking skill, but also other skills of English. In school, English program is not applied for students but also teachers and headmaster.

B. The Impact of English Program

There has always been debate whether participation in extracurricular activities has a positive correlation with academic success. According to Reeves, students who took part in three or four extracurricular activities during the academic year had dramatically better grades than those who participated in no extracurricular activities at all. 3 As English program at MA Plus Burhanul Hidayah, it gave impact in students’ daily activities. The impact can be show from the result of questionnaire that given by the researcher to students. The impact related to increasing students’ speaking confidence. Involvement in extracurricular activities is consistently and positively correlated with 3 D.B. Reeves, The Extracurricular Advantage. Education Leadership, 2008, 86–87.