Improving Speaking Skills Through Acting-out Student-made Play Scripts

Abstract

This research is aimed at improving speaking skills of the eleventh graders of
SMK Hidayatul Mubtadien Sampang through acting-out student-made play
scripts. This research employed Classroom Action Research. It is consists of 2
cycles. Each cycle there were five meetings. Every cycle consists of four
phases in planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. This research begun
with the preliminary study to find the problems. There were 8 students or 33.33%
of students in the class who achieved KKM. The low scores are supported
from interview to the English teacher and some students. The result are the students
were not motivated, lacked vocabulary, afraid and shy of making mistakes, not
enthusiastic, bored, the students seldom to perform in speaking activities, teachercentered,
and the students were passive in the teaching and learning process. The
result of the study showed that the speaking test in cycle 1 were 13 students or
54.17% and speaking test in cycle 2 were 20 students or 83.33% students in the
class who achieved KKM and the result of fieldnotes are: interested, enthusiastic,
spirit, high motivation, active, brave, confident, and enjoy in speaking activities,
and the result of questionnaire that the response of the students were strong and
very strong category. It can be concluded that their speaking skill improved.
Keywords: speaking skill, acting play scripts, improving