IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING THROUGH BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING
THROUGH BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE

A THESIS

Submitted to Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

By:

DEFRIYANTI ZIRALUO
Reg. Number: 209121011

ENGLISH AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN
2013

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First and foremost, the writer gives the greatest thanks to the almighty
God, Jesus Christ, most merciful for the opportunity, health and blessing given to

her that was enabled her to complete writer’s thesis in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Sarjana Pendidikan at English Department of
Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan (UNIMED).
The writer got assistances and supported during completing her thesis. The
writer would like to express her deepest gratitude and appreciation to:











Prof. Dr. Ibnu Hajar Damanik, M.Si., the rector of State University of
Medan
Dr. Isda Pramuniati, M.Hum., the Dean of faculty of Languages and
Arts

Prof. Dr. Hj. Sumarsih, M.Pd, the Head of English Literature
Department
Prof. Dr. Lince Sihombing, M.Pd., as the writer’s great advisor, who has
given so many supports, patience, guidance and advices during the process
of accomplishing this thesis
Dra. Sri Juriaty Ownie. M.A., as the writer’s Academic Advisor and all
the lecturers of English Department
Beloved father, S. Ziraluo, S.Pd and lovely mother, Ag. Lase, S.Pd who
have patiently given moral, their prayer, spiritual help, advises and
financial support. Writer’s beloved brother and sister, Defriyaman
Ziraluo and Triyanis Ziraluo
Writer’s special lovely friends, Lasri Sitanggang and CDRW (Crystian,
Rini and Winda), writer’s lovely classmates, Dik B Regular ’09
(especially for Crystian, Rini, Winda, Ellis, orli, Nila, Puspita, Ida,
Irma, Dayfreeri, Mediana and Yusniah), and all of writer’s friends in
UK-KMK St. Martinus Unimed, Gelora choir(especially for Gend,
b’Lian, Mawar, Sari, Maria), writer’s lovely friends in her boarding
house, Lini, Avolen, Helena, Fera, Rina, k’Tio, k’Erika, and Yulia and
unidentified nice friends (Dwi, Kiki Maria, Resti, Meli, and Sofia) for
every single help, support and love that mean a lot to the writer

Donald Situmorang, S.S and Rio Alexander Sitio, S.Pd, as the writer’s
mentors in writer’s Teaching Experience Program and the Students of
SMA Swasta Santo Petrus Sidikalang at the year of 2012/2013



Drs. F. Manalu, the headmaster of SMA Swasta Katolik Budi Murni 3
Medan , Mrs. D. Siallagan S.Pd, the collaborator doing the research, and
all the teachers and students who had helped the writer for collecting the
data for her research.

Last but not least, the writer extends gratitude for those who cannot be
mentioned here, that give contribution on the writer’s life. May God be with them
all the time.

Medan,

October 2013
The Writer


Defriyanti Ziraluo

ABSTRACT

Ziraluo, Defriyanti. Improving Students’ Achievement in Speaking Through
Brainstorming Technique. A Thesis. English Department. Faculty of
Languages and Arts. State University of Medan. 2013.
The objective of this study is to find out whether Brainstorming Technique can
improve students’ Achievement in speaking. This study was conducted by using
classroom action research. The subject of this research was the second year
students of SMA Swasta Katolik Budi Murni 3 Medan. The research was
conducted in two cycles. The first cycle was three meetings and the second cycle
was two meetings. The instruments for collecting data used speaking test for
quantitative data and used diary notes, questionnaires sheet, interview and
observation sheet for quantitative data. Based on the speaking test result, the
students’ score kept improving in every test. In orientation test, the mean score
was 47,8. In the test of cycle 1 the mean score was 59,2 and the mean score in the
test of cycle 2 was 70,1. In line with the data, it was found that the Brainstorming
technique can improve students’ speaking achievement.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENT

PAGES

LIST OF TABLES

i

LIST OF APPENDIX

ii

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 1
A. The Background of the Study ......................................... 1
B. Problem of the Study....................................................... 4
C. Objective of the Study..................................................... 4

D. Scope of the Study .......................................................... 4
E. Significance of the Study ................................................ 5

CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF LITERATURE ............................................ 6
A. Theoretical Framework .................................................... 6
1. Speaking ...................................................................... 6
2. The Purpose of Speaking ............................................ 7
3. The Concept of Teaching Speaking ............................ 8
4. Students’ Achievement in Speaking ......................... 10
5. Assessment of Speaking Achievement ..................... 11
a. Accent ............................................................... 12
b. Grammar ........................................................... 12
c. Vocabulary ........................................................ 13
d. Fluency .............................................................. 13
e. Comprehension ................................................. 14
6. Assessment in Speaking Test of Asking and
Giving Opinion Material ........................................... 14
a. Accent ................................................................ 14

b. Grammar ........................................................... 16
c. Vocabulary ........................................................ 16
d. Fluency .............................................................. 17

e. Comprehension ................................................. 18
7. Brainstorming Technique .......................................... 19
a. Definition of Brainstorming ................................ 19
b. The Advantages of Applying Brainstorming
Technique in Teaching Learning Process .......... 20
c. The Disadvantages of Applying
Brainstorming Technique in Teaching
Learning Process .............................................. 21
d. Models of Brainstorming .................................. 23
1. Traditional Brainstorming ........................ 24
2.

Advanced Brainstorming ........................ 24

e. Procedure of Applying Brainstorming
Technique in Teaching Learning Process ......... 24

8. Various Activities Done Through
Brainstorming Technique ...................................... 26
a. Expressions of satisfaction and dissatisfaction ... 26
b. Expressions of advice and warnings ................... 26
c. Expressions of relief, pain and pleasure ............. 26
d. Expressions of sadness ....................................... 27
e. Expressions of anger, embarrassment
and annoyance .................................................... 27
f. Expressions of giving and asking for opinion .... 27
B. Conceptual Framework .................................................. 29
CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ................................. 31
A. Research Design ............................................................ 31
B. The Subject of the Research .......................................... 31
C. The Procedure of Collecting Data ................................. 31
D. The Instrument of Collecting Data ................................ 32
1. Questionnaire sheet................................................. 32
2. Observation sheet ................................................... 32
3. Interview ................................................................. 32


4. Diary notes .............................................................. 33
E. Research Procedure ....................................................... 33
1. First Cycle ................................................................. 33
a. Planning................................................................ 33
b. Action ................................................................... 34
c. Observation .......................................................... 34
d. Reflection ............................................................. 35
F. Procedure of Data Collection for the First Meeting ...... 35
G. Procedure of Data Collection for the First Cycle .......... 36
H. Procedure of Data Collection for the Second Cycle ...... 39
I. Technique of Data Analysis .......................................... 43
CHAPTER IV THE DATA AND DATA ANALYSIS ................................. 45
A. The Data

................................................................. 45

1. Diary Notes ................................................................ 45
2. Observation Sheet ..................................................... 46
3. Interview .................................................................... 46

4. Questionnaire Sheet ................................................... 46
B. Data Analysis .................................................................. 47
1. The Activities of the First Cycle .............................. 47
a. Planning .............................................................. 47
b. Action .................................................................. 48
c. Observation ......................................................... 48
d. Reflection ............................................................ 49
2. The Activities of the Second Cycle ......................... 50
a. Planning .............................................................. 50
b. Action .................................................................. 50
c. Observation ......................................................... 51
d. Reflection ............................................................ 51
C. The Research Finding and Discussion ............................ 57
1. Research Finding .................................................. 57
2. Discussion ............................................................. 57

CHAPTER V

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ........... 59
A. Conclusion ................................................................ 59

B. Suggestion ................................................................. 59

REFERENCES ................................................................................................ 60
APPENDIX..............................................................................................62

LIST OF TABLES

Table

Pages

2.1

Assessment in Speaking Test

11

2.2

Expressing asking and giving opinion

28

4.1

The Score of Students’ Speaking Test

52

4.2

Comparison of the Students’ Score in Three Speaking Tests

54

4.3

The Percentage of Students who Got Point up to 70

55

LIST OF APPENDIX

APPENDIX

PAGES

A

Lesson Plan

62

B

Students’ Dialogue Transcription

82

C

Students’ Score

89

D

Observation Sheet

93

E

Diary Notes

95

F

Interview

99

G

Questionnaire Sheet

104

CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion
After analyzing the data, it was found that the students’ speaking achievement increased from
the pre-test until to the last test. It is supported by the mean of the pre-test, test cycle I and test
cycle II. It can be stated that the score continuously improved from the pre-test until to the third
test. Therefore, it can be concluded that brainstorming technique can improved students’
speaking achievement.

B. Suggestion
The result of the study shows that the use of brainstorming technique improves the
students’ speaking achievement in speaking. These following suggestions are offered:
1. To English teacher, it is better to use brainstorming technique especially in teaching
speaking because by applying this technique students are active in teaching and learning
process, because in this way of learning, the students should share their opinion or their
argumentations bravely, more active and be critical. It can help the teacher in monitoring
and encouraging the students so that the students can comprehend the material easily.
2. To the students of university, it is suggested to use relevant topic to conduct further research
by using brainstorming technique.
3. To students, it is better to apply brainstorming technique to improve students’ speaking skill.

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