Based on the explanation of the problem above, the researcher conducts a
study entitled “The Use of Video Recording Project to Improve XI IIS 3 Students’ Speaking Skill at SMA N 1 Wonosari in the Academic Year of
2015 2016 ”. This research is to assist English teachers to improve the
students’ English speaking skills and help the students achieve the goal of learning English.
B. Identification of the Problem
Based on the preliminary observation conducted in SMA N 1 Wonosari class XI IIS 2 and XI IIS 3 students in particular, there are some problems
faced by the students in the process of learning speaking which circumscribes them to get success in reaching the target language. The problems are divided
into three categories presented as follows. 1. The Student
There are some aspects of students’ speaking fluency which can
not fill the requirements during the learning process. Based on the observation when the researcher conducts teaching practice PPL at
SMA N 1 Wonosari, the lack of vocabulary mastery becomes the main problem in their speaking. They have a lot of ideas in mind but they
cannot produce them perfectly because they cannot find appropriate words to deliver the ideas in English.
The lack of confidence is another problem during the learning process in the classroom. They are too afraid and nervous to make
mistakes when they try to speak up in front of the teacher and their classmates. They really need to have more speaking practice to overcome
their confidence, but there is no sufficient time to focus on them one by one.
The last problem is the students have low motivation to speak English a lot. It might be because most of them are not interested in the
classic teaching technique. It is proven when the teacher asks them to speak up in the middle of teaching and learning process, the students just
keep silent. This condition makes their English speaking experience limited and their low motivation is getting worse.
2. The Teacher The teacher does not use interesting and effective teaching
method to build students’ motivation to participate in the teaching and learning process. It makes the students get bored and they are not
motivated to actively participate in the classroom. The activities and tasks given by the teacher are less attractive and less vary. It makes the
classroom atmosphere become boring. Also, there are many activities related to writing, reading, and listening even during the speaking session
in the class which mak e the students’ speaking habits not enhanced
properly. 3. The Media
As the most difficult skill to build in the teaching and learning process, teaching speaking needs more than just explaining and asking
the students to speak up in the classroom without any fun activities. If this kind of case still happens in the teaching activity, it would not give
any impression to the students and it affects their speaking ability improvement. The students really need a certain teaching technique and
the most effective media in their learning in order to motivate and engage them to achieve greater learning outcome.
The most appropriate media should be carried out for greater effectiveness in the
students’ acquisitions on speaking. Nevertheless, most of media used by the English teacher do not motivate the students to
do more. In the teaching process, the students not only ask to work in pairs in making a conversation text, memorizing every single word, and
then delivering it to the front of the class. They should participate wholeheartedly in making an interesting and effective media for
themselves.
C. Delimitation of the Problem
It is impossible for the researcher to overcome all the problems in English teaching and learning process at SMA N 1 Wonosari. Hence, the
researcher will only focus on the students’ English speaking skill.
The researcher will focus on what activities that improve the students’
English speaking skills. The activity suggested is the video recording project. It is one of the media to teach speaking which is expected to improve the
students’ speaking skill. This kind of teaching media has numerous
advantages. In addition to the fun activities, it is effective to build the students’ speaking skill in every phase they will pass.
D. Formulation of the Problem
Based on the definition of the problem, this study attempts to answer the following question:
“Does the use of video recording project improve XI IIS 3 students’ speaking skill at SMA N 1 Wonosari in the academic year of 2015 2016
?”
E. Objective of the Study
The objective of this study is to discover how the video recording
project may improve Class XI IIS 3
students’ speaking skill at SMA N 1 Wonosari in the academic year of 2015 2016.
F. Significance of the Study
This research is hoped to give a valuable contribution to some parties
theoretically and practically.
1. Theoretically a. To the English Department of Yogyakarta State University, the
researcher expects that the result of this study can be a reference related to the topic of teaching speaking and the use of video
recording project.
