USING PICTURE STRIP STORY IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL OF THE TWELFTH GRADE STUDENTS OF LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT OF SMA DARUSSALAM IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022.

ABSTRACT

Maulidi, 1. 2021. Using Picture Strip Story in Teaching Speaking Skill of The
Twelfth Grade Students of Language Department of SMA Darussalam in
Academic Year 2021/2022.
Key Word: Picture Strip Story, Speaking Skill,
The purpose of this study was to improve speaking skills using English
through Picture Strip Story in twelfth grade students majoring in language at SMA
Darussalam Blokagung. When the researcher conducted the initial research, most
of the students had problems communicating using English. The background is
that students are afraid to make mistakes, lack confidence, and have low
vocabulary. Thus, the researcher believes that this method can make students
more active. With this method, students are given various sets of pictures that
have been printed and are still a random story, whereupon students are asked to
combine one random picture into a good story so that students are asked to tell it
in class using their own words. The formulation of the problem is "How to
improve the ability to speak English through picture strip story of The Twelfth
Grade Students of Language Department of SMA Darussalam?’’
Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out how using picture strip
story can improve speaking skills of The Twelfth Grade Students of Language
Department of SMA Darussalam.
The methodology used is a qualitative research approach. With this
approach, the researcher collects the required data through interview observations,
related libraries and documentation,
The results of this study indicate that students' speaking ability increases
after being taught through picture strip story. The students were more imaginative
to show their understanding of the story. It makes them think to study and they
can improve their speaking skills.
It can be said that there is an increase in the speaking ability of The Twelfth
Grade Students of Language Department of SMA Darussalam. The results of
student responses showed that most of the students were quite interested in
applying story telling through pictures. This means that the picture strip story
method is used to improve speaking skills of The Twelfth Grade Students of
Language Department of SMA Darussalam