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workers. A conversation will not run well when the person who is involved in the conversation cannot comprehend well what the other speaker says.
Smaldino et al 2007 states that video is any electronic media format that employs “motion pictures” to present a message. So that conversational video
means a video that consists of spoken interaction between two people or more in real situation.
As conclusion, using video which presents conversation is an effective efforts to improve the students’ speaking skill.
B. Conceptual Framework
Speaking is the ability in expressing ideas into words about perception, feelings and intention to make other people grasp the message that is conveyed.
Conversation is part of speaking that means as a spoken interaction between two or more people in order to share the ideas or information. In the relation of
teaching speaking, video can be used as a teaching aid which consist of sounds and visual effect that can help to improve students’ speaking skill. Also, a video
shows the language in context which helps the students to understand the message. The students do not only watch but also hear people speak in English. It
includes all the characteristics of natural spoken English in realistic situation. From those definition above, we can infer a conversational video as a video that
consists of spoken interaction between two people or more in real situation. Considering the need of improving students’ speaking skill, the researcher
finds out that the use of conversational videos in teaching and learning process can produce any improvements both on the quality and ability of the students
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speaking skill. By using conversational videos the students are expected to speak English better, because conversational videos help the students to see general
meanings and moods that are conveyed through expressions, gestures, and other visual clues and also uniquely bridge to cross culture understanding, that is why
the conversational videos can be used as the media that support the teaching and learning process.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter presents the method which has been used in this research. The chapter consists of type of the research, setting of the research, subjects of the
research, research instruments, data collection techniques, data analysis, validity and reliability of the data, and
research procedure. Each of them will be
presented in the following discussion.
A. Type of the Research
The research reported here was an action research. According to Burns 1994 in Burns 1999: 30, action research is the application of fact finding to
practical problem solving in a social situation by involving the collaboration and co-operation of researchers, practitioners and laymen to make an improvement in
practice. In addition Kemmis and Mc Taggart 1988 in Burns 1999: 32 state that an action research occurs through a dynamic and complementary process,
which consists of four essential ‘moments’. Those are planning, action, observation and reflection. In this research, the researcher together with the
collaborator tried to improve students’ speaking skill by using the conversational videos as the media in teaching.
B. Setting of the Research
The setting of this research is divided in three aspects. The first aspect is the place of the research, the second is the schedule of the research and the last aspect
is the learning setting. Each of them is shown in the following discussion.
