TEACHING ENGLISH USING SIMULATION TO IMPROVE SPEAKING COMPETENCE (AN ACTION RESEARCH AT THE FIRST YEAR OF MAN WONOGIRI IN 2008/2009 ACADEMIC YEAR).
TEACHING ENGL
LISH USING SIMULATION TO IMPROV
VE SPEAKING
COMPETENCE (AN
(
ACTION RESEARCH AT THE FIRS
RST YEAR OF
MAN WO
WONOGIRI IN 2008/2009 ACADEMIC YEA
EAR)
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitt
itted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requiremen
ents
fo Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
for
in English Department
by
WAHID RAHMADANI MUSTOFA
A.320 040 319
SCHOOL
L OF
O TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCA
ATION
MUHAM
MMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKAR
ARTA
2009
i
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
Teaching English in secondary school is intended to develop the
student communicative competence which is emphasized the form of language
skills covering listening, writing, reading, and speaking. Speaking is the most
important skill, because it is one of the abilities to carry out conversation.
Speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves
producing, receiving, and processing information. The students should have
the ability to speak English in order that they can communicate with others.
Using English for speaking is complicated rather than simple way,
because the speakers should master several important elements such as
pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. In that
case, the teacher should be creative in teaching-learning process to create good
atmosphere, improve the students speaking competence, give attention to the
element of speaking and make the English lesson more exciting and fun.
In secondary school, teaching speaking needs appropriate technique in
order that the students are active and creative in speaking class. The
techniques for teaching speaking are information gap, jigsaw activities, role
play, simulation, and contact assignment.
MAN Wonogiri is one of favorite Islamic schools in Wonogiri. The
teaching in this school is supported by some complete facilities, like
1
auditorium, mosque, 11 classrooms, MIPA laboratory, women student
dormitory, computer multimedia and language laboratory and so on. MAN
Wonogiri held some extracurricular activities like sports, arts, preacher
training, reciting the holly Quran art, drum band, and so on. The complete
facilities and many extracurricular activities support the students in MAN
Wonogiri to become one of favorite senior high schools.
As Islamic favorite school, MAN Wonogiri still has problem in
English teaching learning process, especially in speaking activity. The
students like to use their native language than in English because they are less
motivated in speaking. The students are also still confused in giving certain
act in English. The teachers focused only on the language usage in order that
the students understand the material and can pass the examination. The teacher
gives less attention to teaching practically. There are two possible causes of
this problem. The first, the students do not understand the material. The
second, the students are bored with the teaching technique applied by the
teacher. The teacher also gets difficulty in handling passive student in teaching
learning process. The last is the teacher’s limited knowledge on English
teaching methods.
To make the students interested in the lesson, many methods can be
used. One of them is simulation. Simulation is a method for learning second
language. It encourages creative thinking, lets students develop and active new
language and behavioral skills in a relatively non threatening setting and can
create motivation and involvement necessary for learning. Simulation
encourages the students to actively participate in teaching learning process
because simulation provides a way of creating a rich communicative
environment where students actively become a part of some real-word systems
and function according to predetermined roles as members of that group.
Simulation increases student’s self-confidence, because in simulation
activities, the students will have a different role and do not have to speak
themselves, which means they do not have to take the same responsibility. So,
it is appropriate to use simulation in increasing the students speaking
competence.
Based on the background above, the writer tries to find the effective
solution to increase the speaking mastery of the first year students of MAN
Wonogiri by employing simulation as a method of teaching speaking.
B. Problem Statement
Based on the research background, the writer states the research
problems as follows.
1. How is the implementation of teaching speaking using simulation to
improve students’ competence in MAN Wonogiri?
2. Does simulation improve the students speaking competence in MAN
Wonogiri?
C. Objective of the Study
Considering the problem statements above, the objectives of the study
are to;
1. describe the implementation of teaching speaking using simulation in
MAN Wonogiri.
2. find out whether the teaching speaking using simulation in MAN
Wonogiri improve the student’s speaking competence or not.
D. Limitation of the Study
It is impossible for the writer to handle all of the problems. This
research has a broader scope. Therefore, the writer limits the scope of the
study in teaching English using simulation at the first year of MAN Wonogiri
in 2008/2009 academic year. The writer wants to know whether simulation
can improve the students speaking competence or not.
E. Benefit of the Study
In this research, the writer expects that the research paper has benefits
both theoretically and practically.
1. Theorical benefit
a. The research paper result can be useful input in English teachinglearning process especially for teaching speaking.
b. The finding of the research can be used as the reference for those who
want to conduct a research in English teaching learning process.
2. Practical benefit
a. The research will improve the writer himself in mastering English.
b. The reader will get knowledge about teaching speaking using
simulation.
c. The result of the study can help English teacher teach using simulation
to improve the students’ speaking competence and motivate them to be
active in teaching learning process.
F. Research Paper Organization
In order to make this research easy to follow the writer organizes it as
follows. Chapter I deals with introduction which consists of the background of
the study, problem of the study, objective of the study, limitation of the study,
benefit of the study, and research paper organization.
Chapter II is review of related literature. It consists of previous
research related to the topic, communicative competence, speaking, teaching
speaking, and simulation.
Chapter III is research method. It consists of type of the research,
object and subject of the research, data and data source, method of collecting
data, action procedures, and technique for analyzing data.
Chapter IV is finding and discussion. This chapter deals with using
simulation in teaching learning process, and discussion of the finding.
Chapter V is conclusion and suggestion. This chapter consists of the
conclusion of the research and completed by suggestion to make the research
better.
LISH USING SIMULATION TO IMPROV
VE SPEAKING
COMPETENCE (AN
(
ACTION RESEARCH AT THE FIRS
RST YEAR OF
MAN WO
WONOGIRI IN 2008/2009 ACADEMIC YEA
EAR)
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitt
itted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requiremen
ents
fo Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
for
in English Department
by
WAHID RAHMADANI MUSTOFA
A.320 040 319
SCHOOL
L OF
O TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCA
ATION
MUHAM
MMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKAR
ARTA
2009
i
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
Teaching English in secondary school is intended to develop the
student communicative competence which is emphasized the form of language
skills covering listening, writing, reading, and speaking. Speaking is the most
important skill, because it is one of the abilities to carry out conversation.
Speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves
producing, receiving, and processing information. The students should have
the ability to speak English in order that they can communicate with others.
Using English for speaking is complicated rather than simple way,
because the speakers should master several important elements such as
pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. In that
case, the teacher should be creative in teaching-learning process to create good
atmosphere, improve the students speaking competence, give attention to the
element of speaking and make the English lesson more exciting and fun.
In secondary school, teaching speaking needs appropriate technique in
order that the students are active and creative in speaking class. The
techniques for teaching speaking are information gap, jigsaw activities, role
play, simulation, and contact assignment.
MAN Wonogiri is one of favorite Islamic schools in Wonogiri. The
teaching in this school is supported by some complete facilities, like
1
auditorium, mosque, 11 classrooms, MIPA laboratory, women student
dormitory, computer multimedia and language laboratory and so on. MAN
Wonogiri held some extracurricular activities like sports, arts, preacher
training, reciting the holly Quran art, drum band, and so on. The complete
facilities and many extracurricular activities support the students in MAN
Wonogiri to become one of favorite senior high schools.
As Islamic favorite school, MAN Wonogiri still has problem in
English teaching learning process, especially in speaking activity. The
students like to use their native language than in English because they are less
motivated in speaking. The students are also still confused in giving certain
act in English. The teachers focused only on the language usage in order that
the students understand the material and can pass the examination. The teacher
gives less attention to teaching practically. There are two possible causes of
this problem. The first, the students do not understand the material. The
second, the students are bored with the teaching technique applied by the
teacher. The teacher also gets difficulty in handling passive student in teaching
learning process. The last is the teacher’s limited knowledge on English
teaching methods.
To make the students interested in the lesson, many methods can be
used. One of them is simulation. Simulation is a method for learning second
language. It encourages creative thinking, lets students develop and active new
language and behavioral skills in a relatively non threatening setting and can
create motivation and involvement necessary for learning. Simulation
encourages the students to actively participate in teaching learning process
because simulation provides a way of creating a rich communicative
environment where students actively become a part of some real-word systems
and function according to predetermined roles as members of that group.
Simulation increases student’s self-confidence, because in simulation
activities, the students will have a different role and do not have to speak
themselves, which means they do not have to take the same responsibility. So,
it is appropriate to use simulation in increasing the students speaking
competence.
Based on the background above, the writer tries to find the effective
solution to increase the speaking mastery of the first year students of MAN
Wonogiri by employing simulation as a method of teaching speaking.
B. Problem Statement
Based on the research background, the writer states the research
problems as follows.
1. How is the implementation of teaching speaking using simulation to
improve students’ competence in MAN Wonogiri?
2. Does simulation improve the students speaking competence in MAN
Wonogiri?
C. Objective of the Study
Considering the problem statements above, the objectives of the study
are to;
1. describe the implementation of teaching speaking using simulation in
MAN Wonogiri.
2. find out whether the teaching speaking using simulation in MAN
Wonogiri improve the student’s speaking competence or not.
D. Limitation of the Study
It is impossible for the writer to handle all of the problems. This
research has a broader scope. Therefore, the writer limits the scope of the
study in teaching English using simulation at the first year of MAN Wonogiri
in 2008/2009 academic year. The writer wants to know whether simulation
can improve the students speaking competence or not.
E. Benefit of the Study
In this research, the writer expects that the research paper has benefits
both theoretically and practically.
1. Theorical benefit
a. The research paper result can be useful input in English teachinglearning process especially for teaching speaking.
b. The finding of the research can be used as the reference for those who
want to conduct a research in English teaching learning process.
2. Practical benefit
a. The research will improve the writer himself in mastering English.
b. The reader will get knowledge about teaching speaking using
simulation.
c. The result of the study can help English teacher teach using simulation
to improve the students’ speaking competence and motivate them to be
active in teaching learning process.
F. Research Paper Organization
In order to make this research easy to follow the writer organizes it as
follows. Chapter I deals with introduction which consists of the background of
the study, problem of the study, objective of the study, limitation of the study,
benefit of the study, and research paper organization.
Chapter II is review of related literature. It consists of previous
research related to the topic, communicative competence, speaking, teaching
speaking, and simulation.
Chapter III is research method. It consists of type of the research,
object and subject of the research, data and data source, method of collecting
data, action procedures, and technique for analyzing data.
Chapter IV is finding and discussion. This chapter deals with using
simulation in teaching learning process, and discussion of the finding.
Chapter V is conclusion and suggestion. This chapter consists of the
conclusion of the research and completed by suggestion to make the research
better.