The Use of Pair Work Activities to Improve Students’ Speaking Achievement of Grade 8th At MTs Al-Jam’iyatul Washliyah Tembung

Abstract

This study deal with improving the student’s speaking achievement through Pair Work Activity. The objective of the research were to find out the use of Pair Work Activity to students’ speaking achievement as media. And also to describe the students’ speaking achievement after using Pair Work Activity. This study was conducted by using one classroom action research. In this case, the researcher took 33 (thirty three) students of MTs Al-Jam’iatul Washiyah Tembung as the sample. And the researcher took VIII-2 class with the total students 33 (thirty three) were taken by. The instrument of research was oral test with partner and it would get score by paying attention on the students’ pronunciation, fluency, grammar, comprehension and vocabulary. this was taken by the stories on the activity which was consisted of 2 pair activities that was taken on the pengui pair work activity. The steps of the researched were consisted of planning, action, observation and reflection in the two circle according to MC. Taggart. And this research used Quantitative and Qualitative data as analyzing. The students’ improvements could be seen by the mean of the students pre-test 72.33, cycle I 79.24, cycle II 86.51. The result showed the improvement of the students score from the pre-test to second cycle. The pre-test only 48% (Forty eight percent) or 16 students who got 75 points. The first cycle was 82% (Eighty two percent) or 27 students who got 75 points, it means there was an improvement about 34% (thirty four percent). In the second cycle there was 100% (one hundred percent) or 33 students who got 75 points and more the improvement was 52% (fifty two percent). It meant that the implementation by applying Pair Work Activity in teaching speaking was effective as it could improve students’ speaking ability and also helped teachers to teach speaking. So the student could find easily to learn English more effective and enthusiastic by using this activity