Conclusion IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS USING INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES IN ENGLISH TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS

CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION This chapter discusses the conclusion and some suggestions related to the topic of the study.

5.1 Conclusion

The three cycles in this action research were complete. The research began on 26 th march and ended on 9 th April 2011. Having implemented in three cycles, I can conclude that it is effective to use interactive activities to improve students speaking skills of the tenth grade of SMA N 1 NGADIROJO. The activities were applied to improve students speaking skills in class X at SMA N 1 NGADIROJO were: 1 Describing Picture Describing picture in the beginning of the lesson could build the english atmosphere in the classroom. It was also effective as a warming up part to lead the students‟ mind the topic that will be given. This activity also could stimulate the students to answer the question in English. In second section of picture describing fosters the creativity and imagination of the learners as well as their public speaking. 2 Playing Cards Game This activity could build their spontaneous of their speech. It was also effective to make the students speak English. Although the students were still not confident 51 and make some mistakes in pronunciation, they tended to be more active to speak English when they were assigned fun activities. 3 Role play and simulations This activity used stimulation also. The students were able to speak up and act in front of their friends. This activity same with the previous cycle. They had a same thing, they were more elaborate. Beside that, they had differences also. In the previous cycle the students only act in front of class, they only act without used the equipments, but in this cycle students could bring some equipments to the class to create realistic environment. For example, in this cycle there was a st udent act as a teacher. She brought teacher‟s uniform and shoes. It was very interesting and gave motivation to the students. I collected the data using observation checklist and recording. Based on the collecting data, those activities are effective to improve students speaking skills.

5.2 Suggestion