The Teaching of Speaking through Snake and Ladder Game at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Jenggawah in 2019-2020 Academic Year.

Muhammad, Zaki (2020) The Teaching of Speaking through Snake and Ladder Game at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Jenggawah in 2019-2020 Academic Year. Undergraduate thesis, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training English Education Program.

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Muhammad Zaki, 2020: The Teaching of Speaking through Snake and Ladder Game at the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Jenggawah in 2019-2020 Academic Year. Speaking is the most important skill that the students should master to communicate with others. By speaking, they can express something in their mind such as their emotions, feelings, arguments, ideas and etc. Yet, there are many problems faced by the students in learning speaking, so that teaching speaking to them is not easy to do. They still lack in vocabularies, afraid of making mistakes or making some errors in speaking English and also lack in willingness to speak in the classroom because they are not confident. Therefore, choosing an appropriate media for teaching learning is an ability that every teacher must have. The teacher can apply game as media for making English learning exciting and fun. So, it can solve some students’ problems in speaking. Snake and ladder game is one of interesting and fun games that can be used as media in teaching speaking. This research aims to describe how the teacher applies snake and ladder game in the teaching of speaking at the eighth-grade students of SMPN 1 Jenggawah in the Academic Year 2019/2020, to describe the material used in the teaching of speaking through snake and ladder game at the eighth-grade students of SMPN 1 Jenggawah in the Academic Year 2019/2020, and also to describe how the teacher evaluates the teaching of speaking through snake and ladder game at the eighth-grade students of SMPN 1 Jenggawah in the Academic Year 2019/2020. This research used qualitative approach. Data were collected through observation, interview, and document review. To analyze the data, the researcher used data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing. Data validations conducted by the researcher were namely technique triangulation and source triangulation. The results of this research showed that the applying of snake and ladder game made the students more active and enthusiastic in learning English, especially speaking. They could deliver their ideas or speak English bravely without being fear or wrong. In using a snake and ladder game, the teacher chose the material based on the curriculum or the syllabus and the textbook made by the government. Then, the teacher evaluated the students’ speaking skill by using some papers which consisted of pictures. The teacher used two kinds of pictures, the one with clue and the other without it. Keywords: the teaching of speaking, snake and ladder game

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