USING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS OF PROCEDURE TEXTS IN SPEAKING CLASS AT THE SECOND GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji apakah mengajar menggunakan bahan otentik dapat meningkatkan pencapaian siswa dalam berbicara secara nyata dalam procedure texts serta mengubah respon siswa terhadap penerapan materi tersebut pada siswa kelas dua sekolah menengah atas. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan peningkatan yang nyata pada pencapaian berbicara siswa setelah diajar menggunakan bahan otentik. Nilai signifikan ditunjukkan karena nilai alfa (0.00<0.05). Respon siswa menunjukkan bahwa 22 (73.03%) siswa menyatakan suka dan puas terhadap proses belajar mengajar menggunakan bahan otentik. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut, dapat disimpulkan bahwa bahan otentik dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa dalam menyusun procedure texts dan membuat siswa merasa puas dengan proses belajar mengajar yang menyertainya.

The objectives of this research were to investigate whether teaching by using authentic materials could improve students’ speaking achievement in procedure texts significantly and also to analyze the students’ responses toward the implementation of authentic materials in the second grade of senior high school. The instruments of the research in collecting the data were speaking test and questionnaire. The results showed that the students’ speaking achievement after being taught through authentic materials improved significantly. The significant level shows that alpha value (0.00 < 0.05). On the other hand, the result of students’ responses showed that 22 (73.03%) students stated that they liked and felt satisfied with the teaching-learning process by using authentic materials. Based on the result above, it could be concluded that authentic materials could improve students’ speaking achievement in procedure texts and made the students satisfied with the teaching-learning process.

keywords: authentic materials, speaking achievement, procedure texts.