29 Physically, SMK N 6 Yogyakarta have 4 main programs, there are the Tourism
Program, the Food and Beverage Program, the Beauty Program, and the Fashion Program. The school is also equipped with other facilities, such as two cooking
laboratories, a Hotel for the tourism practice, a computer laboratory, two beauty shop laboratories, a complex cafeteria, teachers’ office, a principal office, a
mosque, a medical room, a school hall, a basketball hall. The researcher conducts the research in class Travel Tourism Program grade XI of SMK N 6 Yogyakarta.
Thus, the researcher has to implement the actions in the class by following
English lesson’s schedule for the class. C.
The Subjects of the Research
The subjects of the research were the researcher, the English teacher and the students of SMK N 6 Yogyakarta at grade XI at Travel Tourism Program. The
class has 30 students, consisting of 25 female, and 5 male students.
D. Focus of the Research
The focus of the research is improvement of students’ speaking skills through
role play.
E. Data Collection Techniques and Instruments
The data of the research were qualitative and quantitative data. The data were collected by observing the teaching and learning process in the classroom,
interviewing the students and the English teacher, testing the students and also giving them a questionnaire. In line with the aims of this research, the research
used observation sheet, interview guidelines, questionnaire data and students
30 speaking rubrics as the instruments of the data collection. The brief information
about the data collecting techniques and instruments is presented as follows.
1. Class Observation
Class Observation was done to monitor the teaching and learning process in the class. During the observation, the researcher collected the data by observing
class situation. It was recorded in the form of observation checklist and field notes. Observation checklist aimed to obtain information about implementation of
the planning and the procedures of the actions. It was also used to gather data about the students’ activity during the teaching and learning process. In addition,
field note was used to record facts which could not be put in the observation forms.
2. Interview
Interview was used to know the effectiveness of the actions. In this research, the researcher interviewed the English teacher and the students about
comprehensive information related to the teaching and learning speaking process through role play. In this case, the data were gathered to know the students
’ feeling during the class activities. The results of the interview was recorded in the
form of interview transcripts.
3. Testing Students’ Performance
Testing students’ performance was done before and after implementing the actions. Before carrying out the action, the researcher conducted a pre-test to
identify the problems as the basic knowledge to do the research. At last, the
