The school is located near Adisutjipto International Airport. The school environment is quite tidy and quiet, but sometimes when there was a
plane flying over the school, the teaching and learning process was disturbed by the sound of the plane. So when the teacher was explaining the
material, she should stop to teach for a while.
C. Limitation of the Problems
In conducting this research, the researcher limits the problems that are going to be discussed. The limitation of the problems are discussed together with
the English teacher in order to find out the use of videos in improving the students’ speaking skills at the second grade class XI Science students of SMA
Angkasa in 20132014 academic year. The problems which were being the focus of the research were the problems related to the students, the problems related to
the teacher, and also the problems related to the media. The videos which are used here focus on how the native speakers speak
in English with a correct grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. The videos also explain the material of the lesson, so that it can make the students easier to
understand the material. Moreover, the video also gives motivation for the students to be brave to speak in front of other people in order to make them
confidence to communicate with other people in their daily life not only in the classroom since they are familiar with speaking in English in the classroom.
D. Formulation of the Problems
Based on the background and the limitation of the problems, the researcher formulates the problem of the research as follows.
How can the speaking skills of the XI Science students of SMA Angkasa Adisutjipto in the academic year 20132013 be improved through the use of
videos?
E. Objective of the Study
The researcher formulates the objectives of this study as follows. 1.
to improve students’ speaking skill using videos which are related to the material, especially to build students’ confidence in speaking and to
make the students understand the way native speakers speak in English in a correct grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary so it will help
them to speak fluently, actively, and accurately. 2.
to make interesting activities of speaking in order to engage students’ interest and motivation to learn.
In a simple and brave sentence, the researcher can say that the objective of the study is to impr
ove students’ speaking skills of the second grade grade XI students of SMA Angkasa Adisutjipto in the academic year 20132014 through the
use of videos.
