STRATEGIES TOTEACH SPEAKING AT AN INTERNATIONAL udCLASS PROGRAM (A Case Study at the Sixth Grade of Madrasah Ibtida’iyah International Class udProgramofNurul UlumBojonegoro)

摘要

Ayu Fitrianingsih. S891308008. 2016: TEACHING STRATEGIES TO TEACH udENGLISH SPEAKING AT AN INTERNATIONAL CLASS PROGRAM (A Case Study udat the Sixth Grade of Madrasah Ibtida’iyah International Class Program of Nurul udUlum Bojonegoro). Thesis. Consultant I: Dra. Dewi Rochsantiningsih, M.Ed., Ph.D, udConsultant II: Dra. Diah Kristina, M.A, Ph.D. English Education Department, udGraduate Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret udUniversity, Surakarta.udThe objectives of this study are: 1) to discover specific teaching strategies udused by the English teacher in teaching speaking at the International Class Program; ud2) to describe the implementation of teaching strategies that are used by the English udteacher; 3) to identify the impact of the teaching strategies toward students’ speaking udfluency.udThis research was conducted at the sixth grade of Madrasah Ibtida’iyah udInternational Class Program of Nurul Ulum Bojonegoro in the first semester of udacademic year 2015/2016 with 24 students categorized as an active students come udfrom different social and economic background. The method used in this study was a udqualitative research in the form of case study. In collecting the data, the writer udconducted interview, class observation, and document analysis.udThe result of this study shows that 1) there are three teaching strategies to udteach speaking: a) pair work b) story telling c) group work; 2) the teacher udimplemented the strategies in the elaboration step in which the students are assigned udto do the worksheet; 3) Implementing the teaching strategies in the speaking class uddrives the students to have speech rate around 110 – 130 wpm, silent pauses in 1 – 3 udseconds and some fillers.udIt can be concluded that pair work, story telling, and group work are very uduseful to be implemented in the speaking class in which the students can be udcategorized as active learners. These teaching strategies are believed to provide more udopportunities for the students in producing oral language that influences their udspeaking fluency. Thus, in teaching English to young learners, teachers need to know udhow to facilitate the students to be successful in the learning process. Hopefully this udstudy will also inspire other researchers who are interested in conducting research on udother aspects of strategies in teaching speaking to young learners.udKeywords: teaching strategy, young learners, speaking fluency, case study