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Thesis
Improving The Speaking Skills of
Grade VIII Students of SMP Negeri 2 Godean Through Pictures
By Gallis Nawang Ginusti
The ability of speaking or communicating with others
takes an important role. Pictures were believed to be able to stimulate and
guide the students to speak. Picture were for illustration, develop students’
imaginations, interests to express idea.
According to Wright(1989:2)
says that pictures are not just an aspect of method but through their
representation of places, objects, and people they are an essential part of the
overall experiences the teachers must help their students to cope. The teacher
can use the pictures in any techniques or activities in order to meet the goal
of speaking.
Pictures are very valuable resources as they provide a
shared experience in the classroom, a need for common language forms to use in
the classroom, a variety of tasks, and a focus of interest for students (Raimes, 1983 : 27-28. Therefore, it was
believed that pictures were media that could be used to overcome the problems
and to help the students to improve their speaking skills.
The problem was affected by some factors students. The
first, the students thought that speaking English was difficult. Hey hesitate
to express ideas. The second, the students lacked confidence to speak because
they were afraid to making mistakes. To teach speaking, teachers should
consider some principles.
Broom
(2001 : 275-276) suggests
seven principles for designing speaking techniques listed as follows :
a.
Use
technique that cover the spectrum of learner needs, from language-based focus
on accuracy to message-based focus on interaction, meaning, and fluency.
b.
Provide
intrinsically motivating techniques.
c.
Encourage
the use of authentic language in meaningful contexts.
d.
Provide
appropriate feedback and correction.
e.
Capitalize
in the natural link between speaking and listening.
f.
Give
students opportunities to initiate oral communication.
g.
Encourage
the development of speaking strategies.
These principles are considered to be applied in the
teaching and learning process of speaking. It means that the teacher should be
aware of them in designing her/his teaching.[1]
[1]
Improving
The Speaking Skills of Grade VIII Students of SMP Negeri 2 Godean Through
Pictures. Gallis Nawang Ginusti.Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta. 2014
If we find a student in classromm who lazy to speak, in your opinion what would you do or what kind of principle to make this student to speak ?
BalasHapusgood sausan, to teach speaking we need more strategies so that the students can apply it in the out of the classroom. tq
BalasHapusNice. I think picture can improve students to speak and disappear about they thought about difficulties of speaking.
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BalasHapusGood explanation sausan. I think this explanation a bit long for me to read.
BalasHapusI got a new information about the principles for designing speaking techniques, thankyou Sausan.
BalasHapusGood explanation sausan,.with using picture it can make students more creative to speak,.
BalasHapusvery good to know the way how improving speaking skill.
BalasHapusNice tehnique, I hope this tehnique also match with Acehnese students learning proccess to improve student's speaking skill
BalasHapusit is an awesome research. would you mind to share the research that has been done in our city ? thanks
BalasHapusGood method Sausan. This method show us how to improve speaking skill by using picture
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