SPEAKING COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS OF MTS YAJRI PAYAMAN IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 2012/2013

 THESIS PROPOSAL

M. Wahyu Nur Hasanudin11083020

 GRADUATE PROGRAM OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

SARJANAWIYATA TAMANSISWA UNIVERSITYYOGYAKARTA

2013

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CHAPTER IINTRODUCTION

BackgroundLanguage is a crucial means for human communication. It is used to make an interaction with other people in society and also used to express emotion, feeling, and opinion within the language. Futhermore, the people of the world agree that the international language is English. In Indonesia, English has become one of the compulsory subjects in junior high school.

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The objective of the teaching of English in junior high school is to make students able to develop and improve their ability to use it. There are four skills that should be mastered by the students, they are listening, speaking, reading and writing. In speaking, the students are expected to be able to speak better during learning process.

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On the other hand, the researcher finds the students’ competence in speaking test at the school is still far from what the curriculum decide. The students often cannot speak fluently, clear and correct in pronunciation

In the field, the students also have a lot of problems in practicing English. It can be seen, when they communicate with others they used their own language. In speaking class, they have difficulties to understand the meaning of English words.

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Identification of the Problem

Based on the background of the study, the researcher identifies the following problems, they are:

The teacher uses monotonous techniques

The teacher does not have enough media or teaching aid

The teacher cannot manage time well

The lack of equipment or media that support the teaching-learning process.

The students feel difficult and shy to express their idea in speaking English.

The technique that is used by the teacher is rather inappropriate.

The student’s vocabulary mastery is still limited

The student’s grammar mastery is still low

The pronunciation of the students is still poor

 

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Limitation of the ProblemBased on the problems mentioned above, the researcher limits the problems on the degree of students’ competences in expressing their thoughts in spoken language. School based curriculum mentions that the objective of developing the speaking skill is to make students able to speak English fluently and therefore the writer will discuss : “Speaking Competence of students of MTs Yajri Payaman in the School Year 2012/1013 “.

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B. Formulation of the Problem

According to the limitation of the problem, the formulations of the problem in this research are:

How do the students of MTs Yajri Payaman express their ideas in the form of retelling narrative text?

How do the studennts of MTs Yajri Payaman retell pictures that contain recount text that the researcher show?

What problems do students face in retelling pictures that contain narrative and recount texts the researcher show?

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C. Purpose of the research

Related to the assumption above, the researcher wants to know: The competence of the students of MTs Yajri Payaman to express their ideas in the form of retelling narrative and recount texts The competence of the studennts of MTs Yajri Payaman to retell pictures that contain recount texts that the researcher show The problems students face in retelling pictures that contains narrative and recount texts the researcher show 12345678910

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D. Significance of the Research

The researcher is sure that this research will give some knowledge, advantages, positive result and useful for:

The teacherTo help the teacher teaching effectively and to give

contribution about the good ways of teaching in speaking especially to make the teacher able to change the students become confident and skilfull students.The students

They are expected to have more attention and interest to improve their speaking competence. Moreover they are expected to be braver and more confident t speak in front of other people 12345678910

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This chapter presents the discussion on the theoretical framework and conceptual framework, the discussion with the theories and previous studies related to the present study. Meanwhile, in the conceptual framework, the discussion is about the researcher theory based on the analysis of the other theories and findings.

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THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK

English as a Foreign Language

Brown (1980: 4) gives definitions of the language that be found in dictionaries and textbooks:

Language is a system of arbitrary, vocal symbols, which permit all people in a given culture, or other people who have learned the system of that culture, to communicate or to interact (Finocchiaro 1964: 8)Language is a system of a communication by sound, operating through the organs of speech and hearing, among members of a given community, and using vocal symbols possesing arbitrary conventional meanings

SpeakingThe Definition of Speaking

Richards (2002:223), states that speaking is considered as one of the four language skills that seems intuitively the most important aspect of learning a foreign language, because students who learn a foreign language are considered successful if they can communicate effectively in the target language. As stated by Burns & Joyce (1997:344), speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing, receiving and processing information.

Based on those definitions, we can conclude that, speaking is the expression of thinking and feeling in a language sounds, and speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing and processing information. 

Factors that Influence Speaking Skill

As quoted by Fauziati (2002) Haris states that speaking is a complex skill requiring the simultaneous use of a number of different abilities, which often develop at different rates. Five components are generally recognized in analyzing the speaking process, they are:

1.Pronunciation2.Grammar3.Vocabulary4.Comprehension

Types of Speaking Skill

Brown (2004:141) says that there are five possible types of speaking, they are:1. ImitativeDrills in which the learner simply repeats a word or phase or possibly a sentence.2. IntensiveExtended monologue includes speeches, oral presentations and story telling.

3. ResponsiveShort replies to teacher or learner are question or

comments, such as series of answer to yes/no question.

4. InteractiveIt can take the two forms of transactional

language, which has the purpose of exchanging specific information or interpersonal exchanges.

5. ExtensiveExtended monologue includes speeches, oral

presentations and story telling.

Problems in SpeakingUr (1996) explains that there are some problems in getting learners to talk in the classroom, they are :

1.Inhibition2.Nothing to say3.Low or uneven participation4. Mother-tongue use

English Teaching as Foreign language

Teaching may be defined as “showing or helping to learn

how to do something, giving instruction, guiding in the

study of something, providing with knowledge, causing to

know or understand (Brown, 1987). Further, Brown

(1987:7) explains that teaching cannot be defined apart

from learning.

English Learning as Foreign LanguageBrown (1980: 7) says that a search in contemporary dictionaries reveals thath learning is “acquiring or getting of knowledge of a subject or a skill by study, experience, or instruction. According to Kimble and Garmezy in Brown (1980 7), learning is relatively permanent change in behavioral tendency and is the resultof reinforced practice.

Teaching of English in IndonesiaTeaching of English in Indonesia is different with teaching of English in English speaking countries. Therefore they can speak fluently and the task of the teacher is just to develop their language skill. Meanwhile, in Indonesia most of the students begin to learn English at school. This condition makes some of students feel difficult to speak English and the task of the teacher is to make them understand about English and can use it.

Coverage of teaching of English in Mts

The English teaching learning process in Islamic junior high school or

MTs is rather different than in a public junior high school because the

time for English lesson is lesser in MTs than in public junior high

school. This is because there are many Islamic lessons that have to be

taught but the time is limited. Because of this condition, the students of

MTs have to study English more in other places or out of the classroom.

Developing speaking skills There some activities which can suppot the students to improve their

speaking skill. They are:

1.Joining an English extracurricular organization

2.Holding an English debate contest

3.Watching English video

4.The teacher trains the students to say simple sentences in

English

Design of the StudyIn this research the researcher chooses the

qualitative research, especially case study. Case study is the study of particularity and complexity of a single case, coming to understand its activity within important circumstances. (Robert E. Stake, 1995). The purpose of a case study is to provide a more thorough analysis of a situation or "case" which will reveal interesting information to the readers. Besides that, it is an intense, in-depth investigation of one participant. This participant is called a “case” and can be one person, one animal, or one group.

Research Setting

This research will be held in Yajri Islamic Junior High

school or MTs Yajri Payaman which is located at Jalan

Kalibening No.64 Payaman Secang Magelang Central Java.

This school has students about 300 students that are divided

into girls and boys. Besides that, there are twenty teachers

and four of them are English teachers.

The subject of this research is the eight graders of MTs Yajri Payaman in the school year 2012/2013. The total number of the students in grade VIII are 110 students that are divided into 4 class. They are A, B, C and D. The A and B are girl classes and the C and D are boy classes. The researcher choose the students of class B and D that consist of 55 students but the researcher just take 25 students for the effectiveness of the research. The 25 students are chosen randomly and have different ability in English and most of them have low motivation in learning English, especially in speaking.

1. Ellicitation2. In depth interview3. Recording4. Documentation

The Technique of Collecting DataThe Technique of Collecting Data

Technique of the Data AnalysisData collection:

The data is collected by using the techniques that have been explained above. The data collection process needs several time to do.

Data Reduction: The process of selecting, focusing, simplifying, abstracting, and transforming

the data that appear in written-up field notes or transcription.

Data Display : The data display is an organized, compressed assembly of information that

permits conclusion drawing and action.

Conclusion/drawing/verifying: It is used to decide what things mean is noting regularities, patterns,

explanations, possible configuration, causal flows, and propositions

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