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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH TWO STAY – TWO STRAY OF ITKES MUHAMMADIYAH SIDRAP roni itkes; Kassaming Kassaming; Baharuddin Baharuddin; Arsyad Arsyad
La Ogi : English Language Journal Vol 8 No 1 (2022): January
Publisher : Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, FKIP, LP3M Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidenreng Rappang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55678/loj.v8i1.1176

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This research is aimed at knowing whether students‟ speaking ability can be improved by using Two Stay - Two Stray and what are the strengths and weaknesses of Two Stay - Two Stray in teaching speaking in the second semester students of ITKES Muhammadiyah Sidrap in the academic years of 2021. This research uses Classroom Action Research (CAR) which is taken from Kemmis and McTanggart‟s design; it consists of 2 cycles. Every cycle consists of four phases those are: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The subject of this research is the students in IId of ITKES Muhammadiyah Sidrap. Field note, questionnaire, and test are used in collecting the data. There are three tests used in this research, they are: pre-test, post-test 1, and post-test 2 with the standard of students‟ successful was 65. The findings of the research showed that (1) The students‟ speaking ability improved; (2) Related to the field note results showed that the students were more confident and enthusiast in speaking. It can be seen from their participation in the class, in the conversation, and their performance in group work; and (3) Related to the questionnaire result, it is proved that the response of the students toward Two Stay – Two Stray in teaching speaking is 96%. Based on all those findings, it can be concluded that the application of Two Stay - Two Stray can improve the students‟ speaking ability.
Apply Learning Strategies to Improve grade Speaking Skill Of the Second grade Students at SMAN 4 Sidrap roni itkes; Kassaming Kassaming; Arsyad Arsyad; Baharuddin Baharuddin
La Ogi : English Language Journal Vol 8 No 2 (2022): July
Publisher : Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, FKIP, LP3M Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidenreng Rappang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.55678/loj.v8i2.1177

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The objectives of this study were to identify the problems of the second grade students in speaking English and to discover the effective steps of the learning strategy to improve the speaking skill of the second grade students at SMAN 4 Sidrap in the academic year 2021. This study applied a classroom action research and was conducted in two cycles consisting of planning, acting, observing, evaluating, and reflecting. Subjects of the research were the second grade students of SMAN 4 Sidrap in the academic year 2021. Data collecting techniques used were observation, interview, diary and speaking test. Data analysis techniques used were descriptive analysis. Based on the research, there were four strategies applied in cycle I, i.e., the strategies of asking for clarification or verification, grouping, repeating and placing new words into a context. The result of strategies application in cycle I gave positive and negative responses that it did not give much significance to the students‟ speaking skill. The highest speaking score of the students in cycle I was 18. Therefore, revision was done. There were two strategies that must be revised in cycle II, which were the strategies of grouping and repeating. As the revision was done in cycle II, students showed positive response and gave significant improvement to the students‟ speaking skill. The highest speaking score of the students in cycle II was 27. Thus, it can be concluded that the learning strategy is successfully implemented and improves the speaking skill of the second grade students at SMAN 4 Sidrap in the academic year 2021.