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interaction with correct pronunciation, stress and intonation by native speakers. Those benefits can facilitate the students to produce good English.
Considering the reasons explained above, the researcher assumes that conversational videos are considered to be a solution to improve students’
speaking skill in SMP Negeri 2 Kalasan.
B. Identification of the Problem
In the previous section, it is already emphasized that the researcher found that the students’ speaking skill is still low. In this section then, the
problems deal with the speaking skill would be identified more detail. The students had difficulties in pronunciation, vocabulary, motivation, and
attitude toward English. In terms of pronunciation, the students got difficulty to pronounce the English words. It was because their English speaking was
much influenced by their first language so that their pronunciation seemed to be inaccurate. Then, in terms of vocabulary, the students have limited
vocabulary. Sometimes the students seemed afraid to speak English, it was not because they did not have any idea to say but because they did not know
the English words that represent their ideas. Then the last, in terms of motivation, the students tended to have less motivation in learning English.
Beside the teacher did not motivate them well, it was also because the students did not have their own awareness to learn English speaking.
Besides, there are many factors that influence the students’ speaking skill in the English teaching and learning process. Those factors come from
the students, teacher, and media. The first factor that influences students’
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speaking skill comes from the students. Most students consider that speaking English is difficult. This perception appears because of many reasons. Firstly,
students have difficulties in pronouncing the words. It is because they have limited exposures to English that make them difficult to pronounce the
English words. Secondly, the students have limited vocabulary. Sometimes the students are afraid to speak because they did not know the English words
that represent their ideas. It makes the students not fluent in speaking. Next, the students were not confident in using English. Because they thought that
they did not have good capability to speak, this made them reluctant and afraid of making mistakes while speaking. The last, they have low motivation
to speak English. It can be influenced by many things such as environtment, speaking teaching and learning process, and the students’ awareness to learn
English. The second factor that influences students’ speaking skill comes from
the English teacher. One of the teacher’s role is as a motivator for the students. This motivating process will give impact to the success of the
students’ achievement. Unfortunately, the English teacher in this school cannot motivate the students well. The teacher also cannot create fun and
comfortable learning condition. During the teaching and learning process, it seems that the students got bored and paid less attention to the teacher’s
explanation. Beside did not create fun activities and use attractive media that can help motivate the students to learn, the English teacher also did not give
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many opportunities for the students to practice their speaking. It makes the students passive, not fluent and reluctant in speaking English.
The last factor that influences students’ speaking skill is the use of media. The use of appropriate media is very important to the success of
speaking teaching and learning process. Unfortunately, media are rarely used in this school. The English teacher tend to use worksheet LKS and
sometimes coursebook to explain materials and give the students practices rather than using attractive media. Sometimes, the teacher only uses the real
objects which have available in the class without giving the students an interesting learning experience by using interactive and attractive media. This
situation often makes the students get bored easily during the lesson that causes them difficult to understand the material.
One of the teaching media which is appropriate to help the teacher in teaching speaking is conversational videos. Conversational videos are
regarded as a kind of useful media to improve students’ speaking skill. It is because conversational videos allow them to see the facial expression and
body language at the same time as they hear in stress, intonation, and rhythm of the language that make the students orally express what they watched.
Conversational videos also present a model of real situation that cannot be brought into the classroom.
In this research, the researcher together with the collaborator decided to use conversational videos in improving students’ speaking skill in class
VIII E of SMP Negeri 2 Kalasan, in the second semester of the academic year
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of 20112012. It is believed that conversational videos can be used as appropriate media in teaching speaking.
C. Limitation of the Problem
