The Implementation of Board Game as Media to Improve Students’ Speaking Ability at Ninth Grade of MTs Nurul Ihsan Tempeh

OLIVIA WAHYU, ARISTA (2021) The Implementation of Board Game as Media to Improve Students’ Speaking Ability at Ninth Grade of MTs Nurul Ihsan Tempeh. Undergraduate thesis, English Education Department Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training.

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Olivia Wahyu Arista, 2021. The Implementation of Board Game as Media to Improve Students’ Speaking Ability at Ninth Grade of MTs Nurul Ihsan Tempeh Key Word: Board Game, Speaking Ability The success of teaching and learning process is always expected by teacher and students, however they still find out many difficulties and problems especially in the speaking class. The problems tend to occur due to the teacher seldom applied the effective game of teaching, so the students were bored, still low in speaking, did not confidence to speak English and lack of vocabulary. Thus, it is suggested to seek various approaches and games to stimulate students’ spirit in learning. Here the researcher used game to help students improvement in speaking English, one of the games is board game. It is very effective to create the students’ enthusiasm in learning process or in practicing their English speaking ability. The use of Board Game creates a condition that makes speaking is easier to do. Therefore, teachers should use the proper game to create interesting class. This research was Classroom Action Research (CAR) using Kemmish and McTaggrat theory which consisted of four procedures, there were; planning, implementing/acting, observing and reflecting. This action research consisted of two cycles with three meetings in first cycle and two meetings in second cycle. The object of the research was the ninth grade students of MTs Nurul Ihsan Tempeh, consisted of 20 students, there were 7 males and 13 females. The instruments of this research were speaking test, observation sheet, interview, and documentation. The results of the study showed that the implementation of board game in the teaching and learning process of speaking can improve the students' speaking ability. It can be seen from the result of the data in each cycle. The mean score of the pre-test was 58,5, the mean score of post-test 1 was 68,75 and the mean score of post-test 2 was 80. The percentage result of pre-test was 20%, the percentage result of the first cycle was 45% of the students who reached the KKM ≥ 73, and the percentage result of the second cycle was 75% of the students who reached the KKM of ≥ 73. So, from the explanation above, the researcher concluded that board game can improve the students speaking ability, especially in teaching speaking procedure text at ninth grade of MTs Nurul Ihsan Tempeh. Besides, the students’ response related the using of board games in teaching speaking was good responses. They felt enjoy, more active and interest with the activities during the teaching and learning process.

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