PLAYING SNAKES AND LADDERS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS SPEAKING ABILITY OF V-A CLASS AT MIN 4 JEMBER

Ramadhan, Firman (2022) PLAYING SNAKES AND LADDERS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS SPEAKING ABILITY OF V-A CLASS AT MIN 4 JEMBER. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas kiai haji achmad shiddiq jember.

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Abstract

This study was intended to improve the students’ ability in speaking comprehension. It was conducted due to the low speaking ability of the students, since it was proved by the Pre-cycle scored of the V-A Class (61.38). It was below the minimum mastery learning standard in speaking comprehension (70). By applying snakes and ladders game as the media of teaching, this research was aimed to help first semester students of V-A class in MIN 4 Jember to improve their speaking ability.
The problem of this research was: How was playing snakes and ladders can improve students’ speaking ability of V-A Class at MIN 4 Jember. Thus, its purpose of this research was: to increase students’ speaking ability in that school.
This research was designed as a practitioner Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subjects of this research were 32 students of V-A class in MIN 4 Jember. It was conducted in two cycles since the score in cycle 1 did not meet the criteria of success. Each of them consisted of four steps, namely Planning, Acting, Observing, and Reflecting.
The planning stage was consisted of preparing the lesson plan, the research instrument, and the media. The implementation stage was consisted of conducting what had been designed in the lesson plans. It covered the procedures of snakes and ladders game, such as opening, giving the instruction, playing and competing, giving the explanation. The observation stage was consisted of collecting data concerned with the applying of snake and ladders game. The reflection stage was consisted of deciding whether or not snake and ladders game met the criteria of success. Furthermore, there were four lesson plans; two in each cycle.
The results of this research indicated that: playing snake and ladder game can improve students speaking ability; their scores increased from the previous ones. It was showed by those two cycles of this research. The average score in the first cycle was 69.13; however, it did not reach the criterion of success yet. Then, it got increased in the second cycle of 74.38. Besides, the percentage of the students speaking ability was also raised, from 21.8% in the pre cycle, into 65.6% in the first cycle and 84.3% the second one.

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