Research in English and Education Journal
Vol 5, No 1 (2020): February 2020

The Implementation of Storytelling Technique Used by the English Teacher in Teaching Speaking

Maura Safira (Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)
Masrizal Mahmud (Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)
Chairina Nasir (Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Mar 2020

Abstract

This study aims at analyzing the way the teacher develops students speaking performance by using storytelling technique and observing the steps used by the teacher in teaching English. The researcher applied qualitative study by observing classroom teaching practice and interviewing an English teacher at SMKN 1 Banda Aceh. The results of the observations and interview are consistent with the storytelling procedure proposed by Jianing (2007), which are formulated and ordered as deciding the material, dividing students into some groups, assessing the students’ performance and providing them with some feedback at the end of the meeting. The teacher perceived that using storytelling technique in teaching speaking make students to gain more interest in the English classroom because she used storytelling techniques in teaching legend topic. Furthermore, through interview it was revealed that storytelling was believed to have increased student’s vocabulary, confidence and a sense of pleasure in learning English. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

READ

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

READ (Research in English and Education) Journal (e-ISSN 2528-746X) is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It highlights and publishes works in ...