Using Visual Aids to Develop Students' Speaking Skill

摘要

At English Education Department of Education and Teachers Training Faculty of Universitas Lancang Kuning, it was found that the students had low speaking skills. One of the factors was the students' hesitation in making mistakes especially mistakes in grammar. The aim of this research was to improve the students' low speaking skills by using Visual Aid. It was classroom Action Research which had been conducted in three cycles. The participants of this research were the students of the English Education Department of Education and Teachers Training Faculty of Universitas Lancang Kuning. It was found that there was improvement of the students' speaking skills under the use of Visual Aids within three cycling process or fifteen meetings. In conclusion, Visual Aids can help the students to improve their speaking skills at the second year students of English Department of Education and Teachers Training Faculty of Universitas Lancang Kuning.