The Use Of Task Complexity In Spoken Performance By The 10th Students Of Sman 2 Padang Cermin
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi efek dari empat tugas task complexity yang dimanipulasi oleh sejumlah element dan latar belakang pengetahuan pada kemampuan berbicara siswa dalam CAF dan untuk mengelaborasi persepsi siswa.Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif. Instruments yang digunakan yaitu empat tugas monolog dan kuesioner. Data diambil dari ucapan dan persepsi siswa. Subjek penelitiannya 33 siswa kelas X SMAN 2 Padang Cermin. Hasilnya menunjukan bahwa tugas sederhana atau rumit menghasilkan kemampuan siswa yang lancar dalam berbicara selama tugas tersebut dimanipulasi dengan latar belakang pengetahuan. Penelitian ini juga menghasilkan bahwa latar belakang pengetahuan sangat penting bagi siswa untuk mengerjakan tugas dengan mudah, berhasil, dan percaya diri. Selain itu, latar belakang pengetahuan juga meningkatkan ketertarikan, motivasi dan kesempatan belajar siswa. Penemuan ini menyarankan bahwa task complexity yang dimanipulasi sejumlah elemen dan latar belakang pengetahuan bisa digunakan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa.
The research aims to investigate the effect of four types of task complexity manipulated the number of elements and prior knowledge on students spoken performance in terms of CAF and to eleborate the students perceptions. This research uses quantitative method. The istruments are four types of monolog tasks and questionnaires. The data take form a students utterances and perceptions. The subjects are 33 students of tenth grade in SMAN 2 Padang Cermin. The result shows that simple or complex task generated more fluency on students spoken performance since manipulating with prior knowledge. This research also finds out that prior knowledge is crucial for the students to do the task easily, successfully, and confidently. Besides, prior knowledge also arises the students interest, motivation and learning opportunity. The finding suggests that task complexity which is manipulated along the number of elements and prior knowledge can be used to increase the students spoken performance.
Keywords: CAF, speaking, students perceptions, task complexit.
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