Five Journal articles related to Improving English Speaking
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Today, I would like to share five
different journal articles related to English skills, particularly
English speaking skills. Check it out :)
1. Improving the Students’
Speaking Skill through Debate Technique
Conducted
by Fernandes Arung from Universitas Sembilan belas November Kolaka in 2016, The
primary objective of this research is to explain the application of debate
technique in teaching speaking skills and to determine how much progress in
speaking skills of the students after being taught using that technique. This analysis is action work in the classroom
that was done in two cycles. The analysis of data was achieved using testing
and observation. The test and observation data from each cycle are quantitatively
analyzed. The Implementation of debate technique in teaching speaking during
the second year of SMA Negeri 1 Lasusua took place in two cycles including
cycle one and cycle two. The participants in the study were 29 in class XI /
IPA 2. The outcome of this research showed that the use of debate techniques
could improve the speaking skills of the students.
2. Improving Students’ Speaking
Skill By Using Show And Tell Method: A Classroom Action Research
In
2018, Betty Kasita Bangun conducted research related to improving English
speaking skills. The research employed a qualitative study using the Kemmis and
Mc. Taggart approach for Classroom Action Research which was done during three
cycles. Each cycle consists of four stages; planning, acting, observing, and
reflecting whilst each cycle was carried out in two meetings. The observation
sheet, field notes, interviews, and tests were used to collect data. The research
findings show improvement in the speaking skills of the students. The research result suggested that the students show a significant improvement when applying for the Show and Tell method during the teaching-learning process. Participation of
the students and the mastery of vocabulary were increased; they were more
active, enthusiastic and confident in speaking.
3. Teacher’s Strategies in
Teaching Speaking for Cadets
The research was conducted by three researchers from the University of Syiah kualah and
published in 2019. The aim of this research is to find the strategies used in
teaching speech and the problems that the teacher faces during a teaching
process at BP2IP Malahayati Aceh. It also investigated the responses of the
students towards the strategies of the teachers by involving two English
teachers and 58 students in two classes. The researchers used classroom
observation, interviews, and questionnaires as instruments of research to gain the
required data. Classroom observation and interviews were used to identify the
challenges facing teachers as well as teaching speaking strategies, and a questionnaire was used to gather data on the responses of students to the
strategies. The results showed that the teachers in BP2IP Malahayati Aceh used
five strategies in teaching speech for cadets, namely: role play, drilling,
games, describing a picture, and also group discussion.
4. The Effectiveness of Positive
Feedback in Teaching Speaking skill
The research was conducted by Muh. Arief Muhsin from Muhammadiyah University of
Makasar and published in 2016. The aim of the research was to find out the
responses and perceptions of the students towards the corrective feedback given
in teaching speaking activity. The research applied quantitative methods
through questionnaires being sent to 70 students. The responses and perceptions
of the students for corrective feedback from the teacher indicated that
students think they should correct their spoken errors. Furthermore the students
want to focus more on their teacher. They agree that their friends should
correct their mistakes, too. Explicit correction, elicitation, and repetition
are the most popular corrective feedbacks in teaching speech. They have an
effective function in detecting mispronouncements and low accuracy and fluency
from the students. Other corrective feedback such as implicit correction,
recast, request for clarification, and metalinguistic feedback is not favored
because the percentage is lower than other corrective feedback. It indicates
that not all of the corrective feedback is used effectively in speech.
Source: doi: 10.21512/lc.v10i1.87
5. Technology in
Teaching Speaking Skills
This research was conducted by two
researchers Research Scholar, Department of Linguistics, KIKS, University of
Mysore, Mysore (India) and published in 2014. The objective of this research is
basically to discuss some modern technologies available for teachers of English
nowadays in order to enhance speaking skill of second or foreign language learners.
With this modernized world, technology is the vehicle for access. Today,
technology is widely used in educational sectors, more than the communication,
trade and transaction process. Technological tools were seen as ways to help
students improve their language skills, such as speaking skills. Internet,
podcasts, video conferencing, videos and voice recognition software are
considered to be the best tools to teach speaking skills.
Author:
Ahmad Zaelani
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