Developing Speaking Skill Through Role Play for Pre-Service Teacher at STKIP Panca Sakti

dr. fatma nofriza, s.pd,.m.si; dr.ir. suciana wijirahayu, m.pd; dr. tri wintolo apoko, m.pd;

There were two objective of the research. First, this research was aimed to explore the use of role play to increasethe students’ speaking skill. The students’ final speaking result was used as indicator the achievement of the research performance. Second aim was to identify the students’ responses byusing of the role play in teaching and learning speaking activities. This qualitative research was conducted in English department in the third semester at STKIP Panca Sakti. The research was conducted on the October 2017 until the January 2018 located in STKIP Panca Sakti. The researcher used several instruments to collect data such as classroom observation, test, and interview. The data collected in this study was analyzed qualitatively by using triangulation. The result of the research showed that the implementation of the role play technique in the English teaching and learning process improved the students’ pre-service teacher speaking skill. They performed their speaking more confidently. Moreover, their motivation and enthusiasm in
English learning also had positive impact. The final speaking test generated
significant improvement for each cycle for 3.12%. The increase for 0.5 for the
average minimum passing requirement was set to prove that the use of role play technique could improve the students’ speaking skills and prove that the intended research using role play was achieved.