Abstract:
This study was aimed to find out improvement the students’ speaking
achievement through elicitation technique. This study apply classroom acton
research. It was done through planning, action research. The location of the
research was SMK Negeri 5 Medan Jl. Timor No.36 Medan. The subject of this
research was tenth grade TOKR 4 students which consisted of 27 students. Based
on the speaking through eliciatation technique score, students’ score keep
improving in every test. In the pretest the mean score was 47.59, in the first cycle
test the mean 56,48, and the second cycle the test mean score was 67.77. The
improvement also can be seen from the percentage students got point more than
60. In the first cycle speaking daily activity, in pretest 18,5% students got point
more than 60, in the first cycle test 48,1% students who got pint more than 60, and
the increasing was 29.6% from pretest to cycle 1. In the second cycle test 100%
students got point more than 60, and the increasing was 51.9% from cycle 1 and 2.
It means that teaching speaking through elicitation technique by using picture of
daily activity can improved the students’ speaking achievement through elicitation
technique. Picture of daily activity made students’ were interested, have fun, and
motivate them to speak trough elicitation technique.
