The Awareness-raising training on oral communication strategies to improve the speaking ability of the students of history Departement, State University of Malang / Teguh Hadi Saputro - Repositori Universitas Negeri Malang

The Awareness-raising training on oral communication strategies to improve the speaking ability of the students of history Departement, State University of Malang / Teguh Hadi Saputro

Saputro, Teguh Hadi (2010) The Awareness-raising training on oral communication strategies to improve the speaking ability of the students of history Departement, State University of Malang / Teguh Hadi Saputro. Diploma thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Saputro T.H. 2008. The Awareness-Raising Training on Oral Communication Strategies to Improve Students Speaking Ability. Thesis Department of English Education. Faculty of Letters. Sarjana Program. State University of Malang. Advisor Dra. Nunung Suryati M. Ed. Key Words Metacognitive training oral communication strategies conversation task or practice strategy diary students awareness retrospective verbal report protocol Most students find many problems in speaking. Some of the problems faced by the students in expressing their idea orally especially conversation are nervousness lack of confidence and lack of linguistic supports including vocabulary grammar pronunciation etc. Those problems make communication breakdown whenever the students have to deal with English conversation. College students of Pendidikan Sejarah of State University of Malang were identified faced similar problems. Moreover it was found that they did not know anything about the oral communication strategies that could help them to improve their speaking ability. Therefore it would be worthwhile to give them those strategies and raised their awareness on the use of them. The awareness-raising training was in form of metacognitive training. Metacognitive training on oral communication strategies has been proven to solve their problems and improve students speaking ability. An action research study was conducted to answer whether there is improvement in students speaking ability especially conversation skill after the students of Pendidikan Sejarah academic year 2008 were given metacognitive training on oral communication strategies. This study was conducted in two cycles. Each cycles consisted of four stages namely planning implementation observation and reflection. Cycle 1 consisted of three meetings while Cycle 2 consisted of two meetings. The data obtained from field notes students strategy diary conversation task or practice and retrospective verbal report protocol. Field notes gave the data of description of students activity. Strategy diary provided the data of students awareness that had to reach at least 75 percent of the total number of students included in high and moderate level to meet the criteria of success of this study. The data of students performance were provided by scoring the students conversation task or practice using Oral Communication Assessment Scale. Students score had to reach 75 percent of total number of students who got band 3 to meet the criteria of success. Lastly the retrospective verbal report protocol provided data of students use of oral communication strategies presented in form of description. The results showed that there was improvement in students speaking ability. It was shown by the improvement in students awareness through the strategy diary and students scores. The oral communication strategies were reported to be effectively used by the students. It means the metacognitive training that raised students awareness on how they should apply oral communication strategies consciously in the conversation has been able to improve students score of speaking performance. Based on the findings it is suggested that English teachers or lecturers use metacognitive training on oral communication strategies in teaching speaking to help students improve their speaking ability and solve their most problems in speaking by using oral communication strategies. Besides the practical suggestions for further study are suggested. First it is important for the further researchers to spend one or two meetings to explain the procedure of the metacognitive training and the strategy diary the oral communication strategies and the retrospective verbal report protocol. Second it is recommended for further researcher to apply the training on different level of students such as elementary junior or senior high students. Lastly since in this study the researcher did not analyze deeper the retrospective verbal report protocol further research can analyze it deeper to investigate which oral communication strategies mostly used by the students and the reasons.

Item Type: Thesis (Diploma)
Subjects: ?? ??
Divisions: Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
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Date Deposited: 02 Mar 2010 04:29
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2010 03:00
URI: http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/10523

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