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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter explains the previous studies related to this topic, discusses theoretical background including general concept of speaking, types of speaking, teaching speaking, how to improve the students‟ speaking skill, and www.englishspeak.com learning website. It also discusses the theoretical framework of analysis.

2.1 Review of the Previous Study

In this part, previous studies related to the study are reviewed. There is a research conducted by Afwan 2012 entitled “Using Talking Points of www.elllo.org to Enhance S tudents‟ Understanding of English Monologue” which focused on the use of audio visual media to help students achieve a better listening skill compared to the conventional method used by class teacher. The goal of the study is to find the strengths and weaknesses of that web and to enhance students ‟ listening comprehension. Another previous study was conducted by Triningsih 2009. She also provided a media in teaching listening which revealed the more effective result than using the conventional o ne. Her study focused on the students‟ listening comprehension which is improved through a listening practice using an audio visual media. 8 Another previous study conducted by Pete Trafis and Fiona Joseph entitled Improving Learners‟ Speaking Skill with Podcasts. This research looks at the potential role of Web 2.0 technologies and podcasting to act as a transformational project to create a series of podcasts called “Splendid Speaking” based on authentic speech recordings of English language learners from around the world. The aim of the project was to utilize a Web 2.0 technology, podcasting, to improve the speaking skills of upper-intermediate to advanced level learners. Compared by those previous studies reviewed, the speaking practice through www.englishspeak.com learning website which is available online in a website is also similar to those media. However, the learning activities would not always conduct online but sometimes it can be conducted offline too. The method used by Afwan in teaching English was online media to improve students ‟ achievement in a particular point of English skill. On the other hand, Utami used an audio visual media that is provided offline. Here, there are similarities and difference between my study with theirs. The similarity with Afwan‟s study can be found on the use of online media as a new method to teach English skills to the students. In line with the similarities with Afwan‟s study, the similarities between my study with Uta mi‟s can be seen on the use of audio visual media to train the students a particular skill of English. The third previous study reviewed is Pete and Fiona‟s which utilize a web 2.0 technology to improve the students‟ speaking skill. The similarities betwee n my study with Pete and Fiona‟s can be seen on the use of web based learning to improve students‟ speaking skill. 9 On the other hand, there is also difference between my study with theirs. The difference here is the objective of my study is about improving students‟ speaking skill for one of the previous researcher was focused on listening skill. Another difference, one of the previous researcher used an audio visual media which is provided offline but it will be online media that used on my study. To sum up, there are significant similarities and differences between my study with the previous studies. The similarities can be found on the use of audio to improve student‟s particular English skill and the use of online media or learning website. Besides, the differences can be found on the objective of the study and kind of media that is used to improve student s‟ particular skill of English. 2.2 Review of the Theoretical Background 2.2.1 General Concept of Speaking