IMPROVING STUDENT'S SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH DIALOGUE TECHNIQUE

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research is to solve students' problems in improving speaking skills, especially
in pronunciation and grammar. Problems with students' pronunciation and grammar make their
speech difficult to understand. Poor speaking skills can cause misunderstandings in conveying
messages in oral communication where the researcher focuses on improving students' speaking
skills in daily conversation. The subject of this study was 36 students of class X at SMAN 2
Lhokseumawe. The research method used was an action research. This study conducted five
meetings for two cycles. The first cycle was conducted in two meetings and the second cyle was
conducted in one meeting. One meeting was for pre-test and the last meeting was for post-test.
The intruments used in this study were speaking tests, observation check list, an observation list,
and a questionnaire The result of the study showed that the students’ responses in learning
speaking was good. They enjoyed the activities through Dialogue Technique in class by having a
discussion, sharing, and cooperating well. The students’ improvement was proved by their
speaking test results which increased from test to test. In pretest, all of students final scores were
under 46.67. In the cycle 1 test, no one of them got final score less than 56.67. From the cycle 2
test, most of the students got final score more than 63.33. Then, the data of post-test showed that
all of the students got score more than 73.33. Based on the result above, Dialogue Technique can
be used as an alternative teaching technique to improve students’ speaking skill. I suggest the
teachers to use a topic variation to make the learning process more enjoyable. Then, for the next
researchers, they could use this study as a reference to do deeper research about teaching
method. Finally, for the English learners, they should keep practicing speaking English every day to
make their speaking ability better.
Key Words: Speaking, Dialogue