The Use Of Group Project Based Learning Assisted By Town Map Media Improving Students’ Speaking Achievement in Descriptive text, at Smp Negeri 1 Batang Kuis

Abstract

It concerns with improvement students’ speaking achievement through learning activity exploration at VIII grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Batang Kuis. In this class there is one class which consist of 36 students, the number of male are 19 students and the number of female are 17 students. The study deal with descriptive text. It was found that students speaking achievement still low. Relate research of this research are “Project Based Learning to improving students’ speaking achievement”. This study used a Classroom Action Research (CAR) which is conducted to solve the students problem in speaking. The Classroom Action Research (CAR) was done based on Prof. Mohammad Ali’s design. The application of the approach to action research in two cycles namely, cycle I and cycle II. Action research continuously in some cycles that consist of planning, action, observation, and reflection. This study applied qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data analyzed from the interview and observation sheet. The quantitative data taken from computing the score of speaking test students. The finding of this study indicated that improvement students’ speaking through project based learning was successful since the criteria of success were achieved. Based on the result in cycle1, the data showed the mean score was 63, 50. There were only 10 students or 27, 77% of students who got the score passed the KKM. In cycle 2, the data showed the mean score was 75, 64 here were 21 students or 58, 33% of students who got the score passed the KKM. In this case, those score showed the successful of the classroom action research toward students VIII grade of SMP Negeri 1 Batang Kuis. The writer suggests that the English teacher could implement Project Based Learning in teaching speaking in order to improve students’ speaking achievement.