IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH ROLE PLAY AT GRADE XI OF SMK N 6 YOGYAKARTA OF TRAVEL TOURISM PROGRAM IN THE YEAR OF 2014/2015

摘要

The objective of the research was to improve the students’ speaking skill through role-play technique at grade XI of SMK N 6 Yogyakarta of travel tourism program in the academic year of 2014/2015.udThe research is a classroom action research. The subjects of this research were the researcher, the English teacher and the students of SMK N 6 Yogyakarta at grade XI of travel tourism program which consisted of 30 students. This research was carried out in two cycles. The steps involved planning, doing action, observing, and reflecting. The data of this research were qualitative and supported by quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process, delivering the questionnaire, and interviewing the English teacher and the students of grade XI at travel tourism program. The qualitative data were in the forms of field notes, interview transcripts, and the questionnaire responses. The instruments used to collect the data were observation sheets, interview guidelines, and questionnaires. Pre-test and post-test were administered to obtain the quantitative data which were in the forms of speaking scores.udThe research findings show that the use of role-play technique in this research improves the students’ speaking skills. The improvement can be seen from: (1) the students’ pronunciation, vocabulary, fluency, and accuracy, (2) the students’ confidence, enthusiasm, and opportunity to speak up, (3) the mean score of pretest (49.833), progress test (56.166), and posttest (64.833). In conclusion, role play is believed to be effective to the students’udspeaking skill.