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progress, what progress happened, and also about the positives and negatives, and so on.
In the planning, the writer wanted to improve the students’ speaking skill. She would use the audio-lingual method for improving the students’ achievement
in speaking. There would be some steps like a pre-test, the teaching-learning activities, and post-test. Here is the elaboration of the whole activities:
3.7.1 Pre-test
Pre-test was the first activity before the teacher did the teaching-learning activities and a post test. The students would perform the dialogue. Their voices
would be recorded by the teacher. Because it was the first meeting, the writer introduced herself to students.
a. Planning 1 Making lesson plan based on the teaching-learning activity
2 Preparing the test instrument a series of dialogues consists of four different dialogues
3 Preparing teaching facilities board marker, eraser, and tape recorder 4 Preparing hand-rolled paper and assessments sheets.
5 Preparing students’ attendance list b. Acting
1 Teacher introduced herself to students. 2 Teacher called the students’ name.
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3 Teacher explained her aim in conducting an action research in the classroom.
4 Teacher introduced the dialogues. 5 Students read the dialogues
6 Teacher asked students to work in pairs, read the dialogues and performed the dialogues.
7 Teacher recorded the test, analyzed the result of the test and gave scores to the students.
c. Observing 1 Observing the students’ activities
2 Observing the students’ cooperation in their groups d. Reflecting
In this step, I evaluated the steps in pre-test and discussed the results of the observation for the improvement in post test.
3.7.2 Teaching-learning Activity I
In teaching-learning activity I, the writer would present Audio-lingual teaching as the method in teaching speaking. In order to make the teaching learning process
effective, it was necessary for each member of the class to participate. The following procedures were as follows:
a. Planning 1 Choosing the teaching material: introducing
2 Arranging a lesson plan based on the teaching material.
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3 Preparing the test instrument 1 hand-out consists of a series of dialogues.
2Pictures that was appropriate to the teaching material 4 Preparing teaching facilities board marker, eraser and tape recorder
5 Preparing observation sheets 6 Preparing students’ attendance list
b. Acting 1 Teacher showed some pictures to the students
2 Teacher distributed the copies of dialogues to each students 3 Teacher read the dialogue
4 Students listened and repeated the teacher 5 Teacher drilled the students
6 Teacher divided the class into group of four each group consists of four persons.
7 Students practiced the dialogue until they memorized the dialogues 8 Students performed the dialogue in front of the class
c. Observing 1 Observing the students’ activities
2 Observing the students’ co operation in their groups 3 Observing the teaching learning process
d. Reflecting In this step, I evaluated the steps in pre-test and discussed the result of the
observation for the improvement in the next activities.
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3.7.3 Teaching-learning Activity II
