Improving Students’ Speaking Skills by Using Storytelling
Abstract
This study aims to describe the improvement of speaking skills using the story telling method in X MIPA-1 SMAS Yayasan Pendidikan Pangeran Antasari. The research method used is qualitative. Two sessions were held to perform this research. The initial study’s findings revealed that during the first meeting, 50% of the participants dared to speak English in front of the class and 60% were able to do so. At the second meeting, 80% of the students were willing to speak in front of the class and could speak English to 90% level. From the data obtained, it can be concluded that there was an increase in speaking ability for X MIPA-1 SMAS Yayasan Pendidikan Pangeran Antasari.
Key words: Story Telling, Teaching Speaking Skills
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Aminuddin. (2006). The teaching of Speaking. (Unpublished Thesis) Graduate Program of State University of Malang.
Bahadorfar, M., & Omidvar, R. (2014). Technology In Speaking Skill. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Review, 2, 9–13.
Bashir, Marriam, & Muhammad Azeem, A. H. D. (2016). Factor Effecting Students ’ English Speaking Skills. British Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 2(January 2011), 35–50.
Brown, H. D. (2000). Principles of Language Learning and Teaching (4th ed.). White Plains, NY: Pearson Education.
Brown, H., & Cambaurne, B. (1987). Read and Retell. Portmouth: Heinmann.
Douglas. (2004). Language assessment: Principles and Classroom practices. White Plains, NY: Pearson Education.
Efrizal, D. (2012). Improving Students’ Speaking through Communicative Language Teaching Method at Mts Ja-alhaq, Sentot Ali Basa Islamic Boarding School of Bengkulu, Indonesia. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2(20), 127–134.
Hugo, B. (2010). Storytelling and drama exploring narrative episodes in Play. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Kayi, R. (2006). Teaching Speaking: Activities to promote speaking in a second language. The Internet TESL Journal, 12.
Kusmaryati, S. E. (2008). Improving English speaking Ability through Classroom Discussion for Students of MA NU Banat Kudus in the Academic Year 2008 / 2009. Journal Sosbud, 1–16.
Mujizat, I. (2016). The effectiveness of using storytelling technique on students’ speaking skill, aquasi-experiment study at the elevent grade of MAN 1 Bekasi. Academic Year 2016/2017. Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta, 1(1), 100–105.
Nunan, D. (1991). Language Teaching Methodology: A textbook for Teacher. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Purwatiningsih. (2015). Improving Speaking Ability Through Story Telling. Journal on English as a Foreign Language, 5(1), 57–66.
Richard, J. C. & Renandya, W. A. (2002). Methodology in language teaching. An anthology of current practice. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Rosen, H. (1985). Stories and Meanings. Sheffield: National Association for the Teaching of English.
Stoicovy, C.E. (2004). Using retelling to scaffold English language for a Pa-cific Island Students. The Reading Matrix, 4(1).
Xu, J. (2007). Storytelling in EFL classroom. The Internet TESL Journal, 13(11).
Published
2022-12-31
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