IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING COMPETENCE THROUGH SCRIPT PLAY TECHNIQUE (A Classroom Action Research at Grade VIII B Students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013 2014)

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING COMPETENCE THROUGH SCRIPT PLAY TECHNIQUE

(A Classroom Action Research at Grade VIII B Students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1

Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013/ 2014)

THESIS

Submitted to English Department

As a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements S.Pd Degree

By:

DZIKRI ROBBIANA

(0901050113)

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH

UNIVERSITY of PURWOKERTO

2014

DEDICATION Journey in completing this thesis seems so long so that I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to all those colleagues and friends whose helpful commends, support, and encouragement were invaluable to me in the preparation of this thesis, specifically, I would like to thank to:

Yoyon Edi Widodo, my husband for his unconditional supports and encourages from the start to finish this thesis.
My parents, my grandmother and my parents- in- law, who always motivate me to learn and pray for me days and nights.
My beloved son, Ferdinand Al Zukhruf who always inspire me in every minutes of my life.
My uncle, Mr. Heri Maryanto for his helps and supports me in all conditions to finish this thesis.
My brothers, Humam Rahmawan and Hisyam Setiawan who always reminds me to be a better sister than before.
My beloved friends, Ika Widiastuti, Khusnul Triana, Sri Lestari, Kusriati, and all my friends in English Department.

MOTTO If you want a great change, change yourself.

(Sukarno)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb

The writer would like to thank Allah SWT, the Almighty for the blessing health and inspiration in leading the writer to complete the thesis. The writer realizes that the accomplishment of this thesis would not have run well without any help from others. The writer wishes to give her sincerest gratitude and appreciation to:

1. The Director of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto and the Head of English education of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto Drs. H Pudiyono, M.Pd, M.Hum.

2. Drs. Endang Kusrini, M.Pd, M.Hum as the first supervisor who has given her guidance theoretically, practically, and personally in conducting the research.

3. Drs. H Pudiyono, M.Pd, M.Hum as the second supervisor who has given his time, energy, motivation, and smile to make this thesis better than before.

4. The Headmaster of SMP Muhammadiyah I Purwokerto Drs. N. Fredy Franmoko, M.Pd. who has given his permission and support to study and to conduct this research in the school.

5. My collaborator teacher, Ibu Nurhayati, who always help me to conduct this research

6. All of my students in 8 B, whose careful work and unending patience in doing the implementation of Script Play technique.

7. All of the lecturers in English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto for the dedication of giving knowledge to me.

8. My parents, brother, sister, and friends who have supported to finish my study. The writer realizes that this thesis is still far from being perfect. That is why the writer always expects criticisms and suggestions from the readers and users. However, the writer hopes that this thesis can be useful for other writers, teachers, and especially for students.

Wassalamu’alaikum wr.wb

Purwokerto, 08 Juli 2014 Dzikri Robbiana

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE ................................................................................................................. i APPROVAL....................................................................................................... ii LEMBAR PENGESAHAN .............................................................................. iii SURAT PERNYATAAN .................................................................................. iv DEDIC v ATION …………………………………………………………… .. MOTTO

…………………………………………………………………….. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................ vii TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................. ix LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................. xii LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................... xiii ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................... xiv

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. The Background of the Research ........................................................

1 B. The Reasons of the Research ...............................................................

3 C. The Problem of the Research ..............................................................

3 D. The Aim of the Research ......................................................................

3 E. The Contribution of the Research …………………………………... 4

CHAPTER II THEORETICAL REVIEW A. The Nature of Speaking 1. The Definitions of Speaking ...................................................

5 2. Speaking Activity ....................................................................

5 3. Speaking Competence .............................................................

6 4. Evaluation of Speaking Competence ......................................

7 5. The Problem of Learning Speaking ........................................

B. Script Play 1. The Definition of Script Play ..................................................

10 2. The Reason for Choosing Script Play ....................................

11 3. The Use of Script Play .............................................................

4. The Procedure of Implementing Script Play ……………… . 13

C. Script Play in Teaching Speaking ……………… .............................. 14 D. Relevant Research Result of Teaching Speaking ................................

15 CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. The Method of the Research .........................................................

16 B. The Setting of Research .................................................................

17 C. The Research Design .....................................................................

17 D. The Technique of the Collecting Data ...........................................

19 E. The Technique of Analyzing Data .................................................

25 F. The Success Indicator ....................................................................

27 CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION

A. The Result of the Research ………………………………………… 29

1. Cycle 1 ......................................................................................

30 2. Cycle 2 ......................................................................................

35 B. Discussion .............................................................................................

40 1. Observation Result .....................................................................

40 2. Test Result ..................................................................................

42 3. Questionnaire Result ..................................................................

43 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion ............................................................................................

47 B. Suggestions ...........................................................................................

BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................

49 APPENDICES

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 : Table of the Criteria Language Proficiency …………………. 21

Table 2 : Table of Conversion Students‟ Problem Category ………….. 22

Table 3 : Table of Observation List for Students …………………….... 22

Table 4 : Table of Observation List for Teacher ………....................... 23

Table 5 : Table of Questionnaire for Students‟ Response ……………. 25

Table 6 : Table of Observation of Students Activities in Cycle 1 ……… 32

Table 7 : Table of thePost- Test 1 Result ……........................................ 34

Table 8 : Table of Observation of Students Activities in Cycle 1 …….. 38

Table 9 : Table of the Post- Test 2 Result ……………………………… 40

Table 10 : Table of the Students‟ Observation Result …………………… 41

Table 11 : Table of Test Result ……………………………….................. 43

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 : The Figure of Research Design …............................................ 18

Figure 2 : The Figure of the Process Analyzing Qualitative Data …........ 26

Figure 3 : The Figure of Observation of St udents Activities in Cycle 1… 33 Figure 4 : The Figure of Observation of Students Activit ies in Cycle 2… 38 Figure 5 : The Figure of Result o f Students‟ Observation……………… 41 Figure 6

: The Figure of Result of Students‟ Speaking Score………...... 43 Figure 7 : The Figure of Qu estionnaire Result…………………………… 44

ABSTRACT

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING COMPETENCE THROUGH SCRIPT PLAY

TECHNIQUE

(A Classroom Action Research at Grade VII B students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1

Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013/2014)

By:

DZIKRI ROBBIANA

0901050113

The aim of the research was to improve students‟ speaking competence in English teaching and learning process through script play. The research was carried out at SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013/2014. The research used Classroom Action Research. The researcher took grade VII B students which 16 female and 18 male as the subject of the research. This action research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of planning, acting, observing and reflecting. In collecting the data, the researcher used observation, questionnaire, interview and test. Based on the result of collecting the data, there were some conclusions that can be drawn. Script play was able to improve students‟ speaking competence in English class. The students passed the success indicator

≥ 80%. From 34 students there were 32 students (94.11%) who passed the success indicator in the cycle II.

Students‟ speaking competence also improved. The score improvement in post-test 1 was 23.5% toward pre-test. The score improvement in post-test 2 was 20.76% toward post-test 1. The observation result showed the total average of students‟ activities in Cycle 1 was 24.69%, and the total average of students‟ activities in Cycle 2 was 82.52 %. Thus, the improvement of students‟ activities was 57.83%. The questionnaire result showed 82.4

% of the students answered “yes”. Overall, the research showed that the teaching speaking through script play could improve students‟ speaking competence in English teaching learning process.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING COMPETENCE THROUGH SCRIPT PLAY TECHNIQUE (A Classroom Action Research at Grade VIII B Students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013 2014)