on which there isare a words or a pictures to prompt or encourage learners to produce particular language, often during a controlled practice
activity or drill.Teachers can use the cue cards in many techniques or activities in order to meet the goal of speaking class. Therefore, it was
believed that cue cards were media that could be used to overcome the problems and to help the students to improve their speaking skill.
B. Identification of the Problem
Based on the interview and preliminary observation with English teachers and students of Grade VII A SMP N 1 Kasihan Bantul there were
two major problems in teaching and learning. The problems were the use of media and the students’ motivation. The use of media was the first problem.
The absence of the teaching media in the speaking class made the students less interested in the lesson. The materials were only form Lembar Kerja
Siswa LKS, no challenging task to improve the students speaking skill.
The second problem was the students’ motivation. There were no media in teaching and learning process and monotonous classroom activities. It
made the students’ was not used to practicing to speak in English. Consequently, the students were not confident in speaking English and afraid
of making mistakes thus they were not capable to speak in English spontaneously.
C. Delimitation of the problem
The researcher limits the research on its participants and also its purpose. The participants of the research are 32 students of Grade VII A at
SMP N 1 Kasihan Bantul. The purpose of the research is to overcome the problem faced by the students of Grade VII A at SMP N 1 Kasihan Bantul in
improving their speaking skill. The use of cue cards is offered as the solution to overcome the problem. Therefore the researcher limits this research into a
study of improving speaking skill using cue cards for the students of Grade VII A of SMPN 1 Kasihan Bantul.
D. Formulation of the Problem
Based on the background and the limitation of the problems presented
above, the researcher formulated the problems as follow:
How do the uses of cue cards help the students of Grade VII A at SMPN 1 Kasihan Bantul improve their English speaking skill?
E. Objectives of the Study
In line with formulation above, the objectives of this study is to improve the student
s’ speaking skill of Grade VII A at SMPN 1 Kasihan Bantul through the use of cue cards.
F. Significance of the Study
