4.5.1 Advantages of Using Paper Folding
Using paper folding as a media in teaching speaking will make the students enjoyable and enthusiastic during the teaching learning process. This activity will
not make the students get bored even they will have fun. This activity can gain the students creativity and their activeness. The students learn how to make a
paper object step by step. They must pay attention and followed to the teacher‟s
instruction carefully so that they would not miss the step in making the paper object.
Students learn many things from paper folding activity such as: 1
Students learn to be cooperative with their friends. They can share each other if there are any problems in making the paper object.
2 Students learn more vocabulary and how to ask someone to do something.
3 Students do not only use the words but also all other part of speaking
language tone of voices, stress, intentions facial expressions, etc. 4
Students can express their creativity in making many kind of paper objects if it is needed.
4. 5. 2 Disadvantages of Using Paper Folding
After using paper folding activity as media in teaching speaking to the fifth grade students of the State Elementary School 01 Mojolawaran, the writer found some
problems in the teaching learning process. First was management of the class. The writer found
some students were noisy and did not pay attention to the teacher‟s instructions in making a paper object so they felt difficult to make a perfect object.
To overcome this problem the teacher reviewed her instructions and offered a help
for them who were confused in folding the paper. The second was when the students were asked to practice to give and respond to instructions in pairs in front
of class; they refused it because they could not memorize it. It needed much time for them to do it. To overcome this problem, the teacher asked the students to
bring their book when they performed. The last one, actually the students‟ interest was more to make many kinds of paper object, but because of the limitation of the
time allocation and some complicated paper objects, the writer just choose some kinds of paper objects which were easy to make by the students.
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
In this last chapter, the writer presents conclusion of the research followed by suggestions for the teachers, the students, and the next researcher.
5.1 Conclusion
In conducting an action research to achieve the students‟ behavior changes, the writer found out the implication of paper folding in this research. Paper folding
was used as the medium in giving the treatment to the students. Paper folding provide example of giving instructions in the form of activity that was making a
paper object. In cycle 1 the writer as the teacher asked the students to follow her instruction to make a “paper house”. While guiding the students to make the paper
house, the teacher also wrote down the list of instructions she used in instructing the students on the blackboard. She told the students the meaning of each
instruction in Indonesian so that the students could understand what their teacher asked to do. Afterwards the teacher gave a drill to make the students understand
how to pronounce each instruction correctly. To improve their speaking knowledge the teacher also told the students how to respond to instruction clearly.
She wrote down on the blackboard some expressions which were used to respond to the instruction. Furthermore, the teacher asked the students to work in pair to
practice giving and responding to instructions in making a paper house by turn.
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