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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusion
The action research was implemented for the students of XI IPS 3 of SMA N 1 Pleret. The research was begun in February until March 2014 in the first
semester in the academic year of 2013 - 2014. The aim of this research was improving the students‘ English speaking skill through alternative rock songs. The
XI IPS 3 class was chosen as the object of the research. The actions were carried out in two cycles.
Several changes occurred after the actions were implemented. The researcher and the collaborator also felt some changes of the teaching learning process, the
teacher herself, and also the students as they are presented below.
1. The Changes in English Teaching and Learning Process
Before the implementation of the actions, the situation of the English class was monotonous and made the students bored. There was little
opportunity to make them speak-up. Thus, having the actions, the English teaching and learning was focused to improve students‘ speaking skills. The
English class activity was interesting and enjoyable after implementing the actions. There were many various activities that made the teaching learning
process is not boring anymore. The communicative activity was effectively used in every activity.
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2. The Changes of the Students
Prior to the actions, the students had less confidence to speak in English. As the class activities were monotonous, the students got bored
easily, and did not pay attention to the teacher. By implementing the use of music, most of the students spoke confidently than before. They were also
very enthusiastic to do the activities and had a high participation in every activity.
Based on the result of the tests, the students‘ speaking skill had significantly improved from the pre-test to the both of post-tests. It could be
seen from the mean scores of students‘ speaking skill that increased from the pre-test to post-test 1 or post-test 2.
The mean score of the students‘ speaking skill was 5.96 in the pre-test was increased to 6.93 in the post-test
1. Then in the post- test 2, the mean score of the students‘ speaking skill was
7.74. These increasing mean scores indicate that using alternative rock songs improved
students‘ speaking skill.
3. The Changes of the Teacher
In this study, the English teacher acted as a collaborator, accompanied by the observer. In relation to the English teaching, some efforts had
improved her knowledge and experience about applying the use of music in the English teaching and learning process. The teacher showed her great
appreciation on the efforts to improve the students‘ speaking skills. She would show the other English teacher that teaching English could be done in
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important thing was that he realized and knew that the students were eager to learn and speak English well.
B. Implications
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