TEACHING SPEAKING THROUGH INFORMATION TRANSFER TASK AT SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah information transfer task dapatmeningkatkan kemampuan berbicara bahasa Inggris siswa dan untuk mengetahuipersepsi siswa tentang belajar berbicara menggunakan teknik information transfertask. Ada dua instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini, yang pertama tesberbicara dan yang kedua angket persepsi siswa. Penelitian tindakan kelas inidilaksanakan dalam dua siklus, hasil siklus pertama 17 siswa (65.38%) mencapainilai ? 70, akan tetapi hasil siklus pertama belum memenuhi indikator keberhasilanpenelitian ini, maka dari itu, siklus kedua pun dilaksanakan. Hasil siklus keduamenunjukkan ada 22 siswa (84.61%) mencapai nilai ? 70. Lalu, hasil angketpersepsi siswa menunjukkan 20 siswa (76.92%) menyukai pembelajaranmenggunakan information transfer task. Jadi, dapat disimpulkan bahwa dari hasilpenelitian tindakan kelas ini ditemukan bahwa information transfer task dapatmeningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa dan membuat siswa puas denganpembelajaran.

This research was conducted to find out whether information transfer task couldimprove students speaking ability and to analyze students perception about theimplementation ofinformation transfer task. There were two instruments in thisresearch i.e. speaking test and questionnaire. This classroom action research wasconducted in two cycles and in the cycle one there were 17 students (65.38%) whoreached score ? 70, because the indicator had not been fulfilled in the cycle one, theresearcher did cycle two. In cycle two there were 22 students (84.61%) who got ?70. Then, the result for students perception questionnaire showed that 20 students(76.92%) stated that they were active and satisfied with teaching learning processthrough information transfer task. So, it could be concluded that from the result ofthis classroom action research it was found that information transfer task couldimprove students speaking ability and make the students satisfied with the teachinglearning process.

Keywords : car, information transfer, speaking ability, teaching speaking