Improving Students’ Speaking Ability Through Problem Solving Technique to the VIII Graders at Mts Tarbiyatul Ulum Panggungasri Panggungrejo Blitar

Hasanah, Uswatun (2014) Improving Students’ Speaking Ability Through Problem Solving Technique to the VIII Graders at Mts Tarbiyatul Ulum Panggungasri Panggungrejo Blitar. [ Skripsi ]

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Abstract

Key Word: Speaking, Problem Solving Technique. The present research was categorized into Classroom Action Research (CAR) applying problem solving technique. It was applied to solve the students’ problem in learning especially in speaking class. This research was intended to answer the single question “How can problem solving technique improve the students’ ability in speaking at the second grade students of MTs Tarbiyatul Ulum Panggungasri Blitar?”. The subject of the study was the VIII student of MTs Tarbiyatul Ulum panggungasri Panggungrejo Blitar in the period 2013/2014, which involved 20 students. This study applied collaborative classroom action research between the researcher and English teacher. In this study, the researcher conducted two cycle that covered planning, implementing, observation and reflection. Each cycle of this study consisted of two meetings. The instruments of this research were interview, observation and test. The data of this study were the students’ score. The criteria of success in this research were succeed when there is 75% of students could pass the assessment score ≥70 based on the minimal mastery level criterion- Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal (KKM) which is adapted from the school agreement (Mts Tarbiyatul Ulum Panggungasri). Based on the observation the use of problem solving technique could improve the students’ speaking ability. The improvement could be seen from the percentage of the students’ success in speaking ability in second cycle that was better than the first cycle and preliminary study. It could be seen from percentage of the students success in speaking ability in second cycle, that was (X2= 85%) compare with the percentage of the students’ success in the first cycle, that was classified as (X1= 45%) and in the preliminary study, that was classified as (X0= 15%). The researcher expected the English teacher to use problem solving techniqueas one of many alternative technique in teaching speaking. And also the future researcher were expected to be able to conduct the similar research related with problem solving technique as an alternative technique in teaching speaking in another setting involving under respondents or the experimental research as a comparison with the present study.

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