THE USE OF TELLING STORY IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL OF THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP PLUS DARUSSALAM IN AL-AZIZIYAH DORMITORY BLOKAGUNG BANYUWANGI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021.

ABSTRACT

Rahmatika, Shilfi 2021. “The Use of Telling Stories in Teaching Speaking

Skills for Class VIII Middle School Students Plus Darussalam At Al-
Aziziyah Dormitory Blokagung Banyuwangi Academic Year 2020/2021”.

Thesis. English Language Tadris Study Program Darussalam Islamic
Institute Blokagung, Supervisor : M. Ridwan. M. Pd.
Keywords: Telling Story, Teaching Speaking skill.

The purpose of this study was to improve speaking skills using
English through Telling Story to class VIII students of SMP Plus
Darussalam in al-aziziyyah dormitory. 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 Telling Story can make students more active. With this
method, students are given various sets of printed stories and asked to tell
them in class using their own words. The formulation of the problem is
"How to improve speaking English skills through Telling Story to class
VIII students of SMP Plus Darussalam in the al-aziziyyah dormitory?".
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to find out how the Telling
Story method was able to improve the speaking ability of class VIII
students of SMP Plus Darussalam, especially in class VIII.
This research used a qualitative research methodology. With this
qualitative approach, the researcher collects the required data through
observation, interviews, related libraries and documentation.
The results of this study indicate that students' speaking skills
increase after being taught through Telling Story. The students were
more imaginative to show their understanding of the story. It keeps them
motivated to learn and they can improve their speaking skills.
It can be concluded that there is an increase in the speaking ability of
class VIII students of SMP Plus Darussalam, especially in class VIII
students. The results of student responses showed that most of the
students were quite interested in applying Telling Story. This means that
the Telling Story method is effective in improving the speaking skills of
eighth grade students of SMP Plus Darussalam.