IMPROVING THE STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILL BY USING ENGLISH QUARTET CARDS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SDN

TLOGOMAS II MALANG THESIS

By: WIDYA MARETTA LESTIANI 03360202

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG 2009

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILL BY USING ENGLISH QUARTET CARDS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SDN TLOGOMAS II MALANG

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education

By: WIDYA MARETTA LESTIANI 03360202

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG 2009

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This thesis written by Widya Maretta Lestiani was approved on April, 2009

By:

Advisor II

Advisor I

Riza Elfana, M. A

Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M. Si

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This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education on April, 2009

Approved by: Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang Dean,

Drs. H. Fauzan, M. Pd

Examiners: 1. Hj. Fardini Sabillah, M. Pd 2. Dra. Thathit Manon A, M. Hum 3. Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M. Si 4. Riza Elfana, M. A

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IMPROVING THE STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILL BY USING ENGLISH QUARTET CARDS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SDN TLOGOMAS II MALANG

ABSTRACT It is not easy to teach speaking to young learners because it needs good technique and media to motivate them. Media is used by the teachers in teaching and learning process. One of the appropriate media that can be functioned to improve the students speaking skill is English Quartet cards. This study aims at improving the students speaking skill by using English Quartet Cards games. In this study, classroom action research design was used to obtain the information related to the research problems. The sample of this study was fourth grade students of SDN Tlogomas II Malang. The result of this study showed that teaching speaking by using English Quartet Cards games can improve the students speaking skill. Based on the result of pre-test and post-test, it can be concluded that the fourth grade students of SDN Tlogomas II Malang achieve better achievement in speaking after the treatment. It can be seen from the mean of pre-test and post-test. The mean score of the pre-test was 67.93. Meanwhile, the mean score of post-test was 87. It means that there was an improvement on the students speaking skill. Keywords: (improving, speaking, English Quartet Cards)

Advisor I

The Writer

Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M. Si

Widya Maretta Lestiani

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

In the name of Allah the Merciful and Beneficent. Because of this guidance, blessing and affection, Alhamdulillah, the writer can finish this thesis. The writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M. Si as her first advisor and Riza Elfana, M. A as her second advisor, for their suggestion, invaluable guidance and advice during the consultation period and their commands and correction during the completion of this thesis. Her sincere gratitude and appreciation are also extended to the headmaster of SDN Tlogomas II Malang, Drs. Didik Bekti Purwianto who gave his permission to conduct this research in his institution. The writer is also deeply grateful to Ani Mularwati, S Pd as the English teacher at SDN Tlogomas II Malang for the permission and cooperation in conducting this research. Finally, her sincere thanks to her beloved father and mother for their endless prayer so that the writer can finish this thesis and to beloved (Alm) Krisna for sweet memories, my s0n R3ndy, my sist3r V3r@, and also my best friends Umil, An@, Rif@, 3ma, L3ly, thanks for wonderful friendship that we share. And all of friends at English department 03 especially for D class, thanks for happiness and laughter.

Malang, April 2009

The writer

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Coveri Cover I.................................................................................................................ii Approval.............................................................................................................iii Legalization........................................................................................................iv Abstractv Acknowledgement..vi Motto and dedication.vii Table of contentviii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study1 1.2 Statement of the problems..4 1.3 Hypothesis..4 1.4 Purpose of the study...5 1.5 Significance of the study5 1.6 Scope and limitation...5 1.7 Definition of the key terms5

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 The nature of young learners..7 2.2 Learning English in the early age...8 2.3 Teaching English in elementary school.9 2.4 Teaching speaking10 2.4.1 Some problems in teaching speaking....10 2.4.2 Some techniques in teaching speaking..11 2.4.2.1 Games.....................................................................................................12 2.4.2.1.1 Instructional game...12 2.4.2.2 Role play....12 2.4.2.3 Small group12

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2.4.2.4 Drill13 2.5 Media13 2.5.1 Definition of media...13 2.5.2 Kinds of media..14 2.6 Pictures cards for teaching speaking15 2.6.1 Definition of poker.16 2.6.2 How to play the poker....17 2.6.3 The role of picture cards....17 2.6.4 How to play the English quartet.18

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research design....19 3.2 Population and sample.................................................................................22 3.2.1 Population.22 3.2.2 Sample...22 3.3 Data collection.23 3.3.1 Procedures of data collection....................................................................23 3.4 Research instrument.25 3.5 Data analysis....26

CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Research findings.27 4.1.1.1 Pre-Test..27 4.1.1.2 Game Introduction.27 4.1.1.3 Game Simulation28 4.1.1.4 Cycle 1...29 4.2 Discussion....35

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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion38 5.2 Suggestion....38 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX

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