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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MINGLE GAME TO IMPROVE

SPEAKING SKILL OF FIRST GRADE STUDENT

AT STATE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 1 BATU

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Department

by:

Rawika Ardilla

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LANGUAGE EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2016

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

It’s always helpful to learn from the mistakes because the mistakes would seem

worthwhile to the next (Gorry Marshall)

Nothing is imposible while someone always wants to try

Do not be surrender when making the mistakes

The destiny could be changed with effort and desire of someone itself

Dedication:

“I dedicated this thesis to:

My beloved Grandmother Riwayati

My beloved mother Hartutik and Father Subroto

My beloved friend Muhamad Rizki

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Alhamdulilah, praised be to Allah SWT, the greater power in the world

who always gives the researcher strength and patience to finish this thesis.

Shalawat and greeting may always be upon the holy prophet Muhammad SAW

and his family.

First, the researcher would like to express the greatest honor and deepest

gratitude to her advisor, Puji Sumarsono M.Ed., M.Pd and Drs. Jarum, M.Ed who

have been very helpful, kind, and patient in giving advice, ideas, criticts, and

valuable time during the process of this thesis writing.

Second, she would say thanks so much for her grandmother (Riwayati),

her mom (Hartutik), her dad (Subroto), her beloved partner (Muhamad Rizki), and

her friends, thanks for praying, supporting, and caring.

Finally, she hopes that this thesis is useful for the reader who wants to

know about improving speaking skill by implementing mingle game.

Malang, 1 November 2016

(Rawika Ardilla)

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TABLE OF CONTENT

APPROVAL PAGE..................................................................................... ii

LEGALISATION......................................................................................... iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION................................................................... iv

LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY................................................................ v

ABSTRACT..................................................................................................vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................................................................ vii

TABLE OF CONTENT............................................................................... viii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION................................................................ 1

1.1 Background of the Study........................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem.......................................................... 4

1.3 Purpose of the Study................................................................ 4

1.4 Significance of Research..............................................................4

1.5 Scope and Limitation................................................................ 5

1.6 Definition of Key Terms............................................................ 5

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE........................ 6

2.1 The Features of Speaking.......................................................... 6

2.2 Mingle Game.............................................................................. 8

2.2.1 Nature of Mingle game............................................. 8

2.2.2 Kinds of Mingle Game Activities.............................. 9

2.3 The Implementation of Mingle Game in Teaching Speaking.... 12

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY..................................... 14

3.1 Research Design......................................................................... 14

3.2 Place, Time, Subject of Research................................................ 15

3.2.1 Place of Research........................................................ 15

3.2.2 Time of Research......................................................... 15

3.2.3 Subject of Research...................................................... 15

3.3 The procedure of CAR............................................................... 15

3.4 Data Collection........................................................................... 17

3.5 Data Analysis.............................................................................. 18

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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION.................. 20

4.1 The Result of Preliminary Interview......................................... 20

4.2 The Result of Preliminary Observation..................................... 21

4.3 The Result of Pre-test................................................................. 22

4.4 The Result of CAR.................................................................... 22

4.4.1 First Cycle......................................................... 22

4.4.2 Second Cycle.................................................... 28

4.5 The result of Post Interview...................................................... 33

4.6 Discussion.................................................................................. 34

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS............................ 37

5.1 Conclusion................................................................................. 37

5.2 Suggestions............................................................................... 38

REFERENCES

APPENDIXES

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 4.1 Reflection Result of Cycle 1........................................................ 34

Table 4.2 Reflection Result of Cycle 2........................................................ 39

Table 4.3 The students’ Speaing Score ....................................................... 40

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 3.1 The Procedures of CAR............................................................. 18

Figure 4.1 The Students’ Score Percentaage............................................... 40

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LIST OF APPENDIXES

Appendix 1: Pre-interview Transcript

Appendix 2: Observation Result

Appendix 3: Lesson Plan in Pre-test

Appendix 4: Lesson Plan in Cycle 1

Appendix 5: Lesson Plan in Cycle 2

Appendix 6: Students’ Pre-test Score

Appendix 7: Students’ Speaking Score in Cycle 1

Appendix 8: Students’ Speaking Score in Cycle 2

Appendix 9: The Scale of Oral Testing Criteria

Appendix 10: Post-Interview Transcript

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