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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background
Language is an important part of human life. People use the language to communicate, give information, deliver knowledge and so forth. As Halliwell
stated that a language is not just a „subject’ in a package of knowledge and a set of
information and insights. Nevertheless, it is a fundamental part of human being. Halliwell, 1998:11
Nowdays, The role of foreign language is important, especially English language. As an international language, English is the most widespread language
in the world. Many countries in the world use this language to communicate and maintain relationship internation. Even, English is used as the major language of
news and information in the world. It is also used in business, maritime communication, international air traffic control and so forth.
Seen from the use of English, it is important to learn English language, especially in Indonesia. As a developing country, which needs competence of
human resources, Indonesia should facilitate the Indonesian people to learn English, for instance, teaching the English lesson in school. Now, the goverment
has realized it by including English lesson as compulsory subject in Junior and Senior High School. Even, English lesson is taught in Elementary School as a
local subject.
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Speaking is an important aspect in teaching English. People learning English expect to be able to use it for talking to each other. Therefore, they should
practice the language as often as possible. According to Tiedt 1967:101, the ability to speak effectively can differ between success in life and the lack of
success; then, verbal facility can cover an individual’s deficiencies. It shows that
someone’s ability to speak will determine hisher succeed in life. However, learning spoken English is not as easy as we imagine. We have
to consider the vocabulary, pronunciation, stress, intonation, grammar, and so forth. Besides that, nervousness or stage fright is the fundamental factor that
influences someone in speaking. Therefore, the students should be trained to speak as early as possible, like in elementary school.
The teacher should be creative in motivating the students to speak, because many children are lack of confidents to speak, especially in public area. By
talking as often as possible, children are able to speak fluently. Halliwel 1998:8, said “children need to talk, without talking they can not become good at talking”.
From the explanation above, the writer was interested in teaching speaking using games to the fifth grade students in MIN Ketitang. The writer wants to
develop the students ’ speaking ability. Besides that, the writer wants to create new
atmosphere in classroom, because the English teacher usually teaches vocabulary, reading text and writing in every meeting. Therefore, the writer decided to make a
report, entitled “THE USE OF GAMES IN IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL BY THE FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MIN KETITANG, BOYOLALI
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B. Objectives
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