Based on the result of pretest held a week before doing the research, it was found that the students' scores of speaking ability especially in retelling a recount text of the third grade of SMPN 1 Baros, the academic year 2015/2016 were unsatisfying. It showed that the mean score got was only 6,3 %.. Most of the students are reluctant and look shy to have their speaking practice especially in …

The objective of this action research was to improve the primary students’ pronunciation and speaking ability by drilling technique. This action research was conducted in three cycles. The cycles consisted of seven meetings in total. The research involved substitution drill technique that were conducted in pairs and in groups. The substitution drill technique was based on the language functio…

Speaking in English is not easy; it requires training and practice are conducted continuously so that students are mentally not feeling anxious, afraid and nervous when they have willingness to speak. Besides that, speaking in English is a very important goal in learning a language. However, in reality 91% students at Karomah Learning Center who experience anxiety in high level, nervous, and fe…

This study is attempted to implement Group work in a conversation class for college learners at LP3I. Lacking of English speaking experience made the students unable to speak English. the researcher did the research at LP3I Jakarta, Petukangan. The place was chosen because the researcher wanted to find the effectiveness and its process of group work in students speaking ability. The research wa…

This study was aimed to investigate the effects of role-play and mechanical drills taught to the seventh grade of students of SMPN 1 Tangerang on their speaking ability. There were 60 students taken from class seven and they were assigned to have pre-test and post-test. The finding revealed that both role-play and mechanical drills made significance effects to the students' achievement in speak…

The main purpose under the study was to investigate the effects of teaching speaking using classroom discussion and reading aloud technique to improve students' speaking ability. The study also investigated to see which of these two techniques had a positive effect to improve students' speaking ability at XII Language and science classes at SMAN 72 Jakarta. There were 40 students taken from two…

This study was conducted in two cycles consisting of six meetings and nine meetings. The subjects of this study were second semester students of English Education Department UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. The instruments in collecting the data were observation checklist, field notes, self-assessment sheets, peer-assessment sheets, the students' speaking performance measured using scoring rubr…

The objective of this research is to get the empirical evidence whether or not there is a relationship between vocabulary mastery and self-confidence towards their speaking ability of the eleventh grade students’ at SMAN 1 Cibarusah West Java in the 2017/2018 academic year. The research used a survey method employing correlational technique. The population of the research consists of 330 s…

The objective of this action research study is to improve speaking ability of seventh grade of SMP Plus Cahaya Insan Depok, in academic year 2016/ 2017 through the implementation of talking chips Technique. This action was conducted in three cycles. Each cycle consisted of two meetings. The research steps are reconnaissance, planning, action, and reflection. The actions consisted of the imple…