DEVELOPING STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILL OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP NEGERI 2 MASAMA THROUGH PROJECT BASED LEARNING

Name              : Ni Wayan Erni Nilayanti

ID No              : A 121 10 153

DEVELOPING STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILL OF THE EIGHTH

GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP NEGERI 2 MASAMA

THROUGH PROJECT BASED LEARNING

A. Background

Speaking is one of the most important skills in language learning besides listening, writing, and reading. Speaking belongs to performance rather  than competence since the speaker is required to practice in actual situation. Basically, speaking could be divided in two forms namely monologue and dialogue. Monologue is the actual practice of spoken language done by only one person. Dialogue is typically similar to monologue but it is only different from the number of speaker.

 Oral speaking abilities of students in particular are very low, thus resulting in lack of student achievement in the subjects of English. In order for learning spoken language obtained good results, teachers need to create a teaching learning processmore fun and more practical.

Study about speaking from the easiest things to the complex case, this is to facilitate students in the development process of his speaking ability, especially in learning English is a foreign language to their pronunciation and intonation is different from the language they already know.

Project is one alternative that can be taken. Problem in this class action research is how the learning process of speaking in class eighth grade SMP Negeri 2 Masama using project techniques, and how the result using techniques of project based learning in teaching speaking.

Techniques project based learning in the learning process is used to learn about the introduction ot the feelings, problems faced by students, and to develop problem-solving ability. Project techniques aimed at solving problems involving human relationships, particularly with respect to students’ lives and to motivate students to pay more attention to the material being taught.

In this research, why chose at SMP Negeri 2 Masama, because most of the students skill had low capability in speaking skill, lack of vocabulary mastery, and less motivation. So the writer wants to develop their speaking skill through project based learning. The writer hopes with project based learning method useful for both English teacher and students to solve the problem in learning speaking.

B.     Research Problem

Many student in the classroom usually silent or no comment if the  teacher give a change to speak in front the class. The problem are less confidences and less vocabulary. Therefore the authors try to formulate the problem carefully and stand a chance to improve student learning outcomes, the problem formulation as follows:

“Can students speaking skill of the eighth years students of SMP Negeri 2 Masama be developed through project based learning?”

C.     Objective of the Research

The objective of the research was to prove that the students speaking skill of the eighth year students of SMP Negeri 2 Masama could be developed through Project Based Learning.

D.    The Significance of the Research

This research was expected:

1.      To be useful for the teacher to develop his or her skill in designing a technique in teaching speaking.

2.      To be an input to those who are concerned with the teaching of English.

3.      To be an alternative technique used by the teacher in teaching speaking.

E.     Operational Definition of Key Terms

1. Developing refers to a process of making something become better than before.

2. Speaking is one of language skill which are emphasized in teaching and learning process.

3. Skill refers to the ability to do something well.

4. project based learning is basically one of of the teaching learning methods that uses project as the main activity to acquire problem solving skill, communicative competence, and basic knowledge. 

F.      Conclusion

Project based learning can improve students' skills in speaking, because with the method students can describing events or tells a topic they had done in accordance with their capabilities.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brown, H. D. (2001). Principle of Language Learning and Teaching. New York: Person Education

Florin S. (2010). The success of Project Based Learning. Australia: Auckland. Retrieved on (27/07/2011) http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/article/90553.aspx