IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH STORYTELLING

The purposes of this research are to find out; 1) how to improve English speaking ability of the tenth grade students at Harapan-I Medan through the application of storytelling method, and 2) how the students’ responses to storytelling as a learning method. This research was a Classroom Action Resea...

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Main Authors: Firdayanti Firdaus, Dwi Suci Amaniarsih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kuningan and Association of Indonesian Scholars of English Education (AISEE) 2018-12-01
Series:English Review: Journal of English Education
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Online Access:https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/ERJEE/article/view/1533
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Dwi Suci Amaniarsih
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description The purposes of this research are to find out; 1) how to improve English speaking ability of the tenth grade students at Harapan-I Medan through the application of storytelling method, and 2) how the students’ responses to storytelling as a learning method. This research was a Classroom Action Research applying Kemmis McTaggart Model. The research was done in two cycles in which each cycle consists of four stages: plans, actions, observations, and reflections. The subjects in this research were students of Grade X-6 of Senior High School Harapan-I Medan. The object of this study was the application of the Storytelling method to improve the students’ English speaking ability. Based on the results of the research, it was found that the percentage of completeness from pre-action, Cycle-I, and Cycle-II increased at Senior High School Harapan-I Medan. The percentage of student’s completeness in pre-action was 27%, in the Cycle-I was 47%, and in the Cycle-II was 70%. There was a significant increase (43%) from pre-action, cycle-I, and cycle-II. In addition, students’ enthusiasm, courage, and activity have also increased. Thus, it can be concluded that storytelling method has improved the speaking ability of the tenth grade students of Senior High School Harapan-I Medan and increased their response, enthusiasm, courage, and activity to speak English.
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spelling doaj.art-6b6a933bb2064552876d14f42253ab2b2022-12-22T00:39:48ZengUniversity of Kuningan and Association of Indonesian Scholars of English Education (AISEE)English Review: Journal of English Education2301-75542541-36432018-12-017113714610.25134/erjee.v7i1.1533IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH STORYTELLINGFirdayanti Firdaus0 Dwi Suci Amaniarsih1University of Potensi UtamaUniversity of Potensi UtamaThe purposes of this research are to find out; 1) how to improve English speaking ability of the tenth grade students at Harapan-I Medan through the application of storytelling method, and 2) how the students’ responses to storytelling as a learning method. This research was a Classroom Action Research applying Kemmis McTaggart Model. The research was done in two cycles in which each cycle consists of four stages: plans, actions, observations, and reflections. The subjects in this research were students of Grade X-6 of Senior High School Harapan-I Medan. The object of this study was the application of the Storytelling method to improve the students’ English speaking ability. Based on the results of the research, it was found that the percentage of completeness from pre-action, Cycle-I, and Cycle-II increased at Senior High School Harapan-I Medan. The percentage of student’s completeness in pre-action was 27%, in the Cycle-I was 47%, and in the Cycle-II was 70%. There was a significant increase (43%) from pre-action, cycle-I, and cycle-II. In addition, students’ enthusiasm, courage, and activity have also increased. Thus, it can be concluded that storytelling method has improved the speaking ability of the tenth grade students of Senior High School Harapan-I Medan and increased their response, enthusiasm, courage, and activity to speak English.https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/ERJEE/article/view/1533speaking abilityEnglishstorytellingfolkloreclassroom action research
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IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH STORYTELLING
English Review: Journal of English Education
speaking ability
English
storytelling
folklore
classroom action research
title IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH STORYTELLING
title_full IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH STORYTELLING
title_fullStr IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH STORYTELLING
title_full_unstemmed IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH STORYTELLING
title_short IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH STORYTELLING
title_sort improving the tenth grade students english speaking ability through storytelling
topic speaking ability
English
storytelling
folklore
classroom action research
url https://journal.uniku.ac.id/index.php/ERJEE/article/view/1533
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