Videlis TE., Maria (2011) Implementing numbered head together strategy to improve the speaking ability of the tenth graders of Marketing Department in SMKN 1 Lumajang / Maria Videlis TE. Masters thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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TThesis English Department Graduate Program in English Language Teaching State University of Malang. Advisor 1 Dr. Johannes A. Prayogo MPd. M.Ed and advisor 2 Prof. M. Adnan Latief M.A. Ph.D. Key words Improving speaking ability Numbered Head Together Strategy. Many Vocational High School students find speaking hard to master. Based on a preliminary study in SMKN I Lumajang it was identified that the students of Marketing X graders find it hard to speak in English. As a result they had difficulty to answer questions following the dialogue. Besides they did not participate actively in classroom activities. To solve the problems the implementation of Numbered Heads Together Strategy was proposed to be applied in teaching speaking because some researchers have proven the strategy effective to help students to both students speaking ability and students participation. The objective of this study was to describe how the implementation of Numbered Head Together Strategy can improve the students speaking ability. This study used collaborative classroom research. The collaborative English teacher acted as the observer when the researcher implemented the strategy. The research was conducted in two cycles which consists of three meetings and covers planning implementing observing and reflecting. The subjects were 38 students of Marketing X graders in SMKN I Lumajang in 2010-2011 academic years. The instruments used to collect the data were interview guides questionnaire observation sheets field notes and speaking test. The results of the research show that Numbered Head Together Strategy improved students speaking ability and participation. The improvement of the students speaking ability could be seen from the increase of students speaking test from pre test to cycle 1 and cycle 2. In Cycle 1 57.89% of the students got poor score 36.84% of the students got average score 5.26% of the students got good score. In cycle 2 21.05% of the students got poor score 68.42% of the students average score and 10.52% got very good score. Besides the finding showed that using Numbered Head Together Strategy in asking and giving direction was effective in improving the students involvement in the teaching and learning process. Implementing Numbered Head Together Strategy for teaching speaking involved the following steps The first phase was pre-activities (1) introducing others. (2) asking the students to predict what the topic will be discussed (3) asking the students to mention words that might be used in speaking and asked the students to write the words on the board. The second phase was whilst-activities (1) asking the students to speak about giving direction (2) asking the students to make groups of four and giving a number (3) showing the map to the students and discussion (4) explaining the way on the map (5) giving time to students for asking something that they still don t understand. (6) asking the students to answer questions orally (7)asking the groups to discuss of some questions and encouraging the students to help each other monitoring and providing assistance if necessary (8) asking the groups to report their answer. The third phase was post activities (1) rechecking the students answers (2) writing down the answer on the paper and (3) making conclusions of the topic and closing the class. The model of Numbered Head Together Strategy includes the following activities 1) the lesson is explained briefly 2) students are grouped in each member and is given a different number. Each group is given the same set of questions. Each group member is responsible to answer question(s) whose number is the same as their number. All members answer the questions they are responsible for. They are assigned to discuss their answers with their teammates in order to find the most accurate answer. When the group discussion is over a number is called. All members in every group whose numbers are the same as the called number raise their hands. One of the students is asked to present and to answer the question. The other students who have the same number as the presenting students were encouraged to give response towards the presented students answer and the answers are concluded. Based on the result of this study it is recommended that Numbered Head Together Strategy can be used to improve both the students speaking ability and the students participation in the teaching learning process. Therefore it is suggested to the English teacher implement it as an alternative strategy in their English class particularly in the speaking activities. For other researchers it is suggested that they conduct Numbered Head Together Strategy in other school levels and for other language skills such as listening and writing and use the results of this study as a reference.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S2 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Users 2 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2011 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2011 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/58548 |
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