Improving Students’ Speaking Achievement through Learning Activities Exploration at SMA Negeri 1 Sei Rampah

Abstract

It concerns with improvement students’ speaking achievement through learning activity exploration at X IPS-3 grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Sei Rampah. In this class there is one class which consist of 41 students, the number of male are 15 students and the number of female are 26 students. The study deal with procedure text. It was found that students’ speaking achievement still low. Related research of this research are “Learning Activities Exploration to Improving Students’ Speaking Skill” published by International Journal of Educational Researchers, made by Agus Darmuki, Andayani, Joko Nurkamto, and Kundharu Saddhono in 2016. 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 learning activities exploration was successful since the criteria of success were achieved. Based on the result in cycle 1, the data showed the mean score was 70,36%. There were only 16 students or 40% of students who got the score passed the KKM. In cycle 2, the data showed the mean score was 82,95%. There were 39 students or 95.12% of students who got the score passed the KKM. In this case, those score showed the successful of the classroom action research toward students X IPS 3 grade of SMA Negeri 1 Sei Rampah. The writer suggests that the English teacher could implement Learning Activities Exploration in teaching speaking in order to improve students’ speaking achievement