IMPROVING STUDENTS' SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH ORAL PRESENTATION TECHNIQUE OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT MAN TRENGGALEK
ABSTRACT Laili, Diyah Muthiatul. 2015. Registered Number Student. 3213113064. Improving Students' Speaking Skill through Oral Presentation Technique of The Tenth Grade Students at MAN Trenggalek. Sarjana Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung. Advisor: Muh. Basuni, M.Pd. Keywords: improve, public speaking skill, oral presentation Improving students' speaking skill is very challenging for every teacher. However, the students' ability to function another language is characterized by their ability in speaking that language. Besides, EFL learners have problems in learning speaking. The problems are inhibition, nothing to say, low of participation, mother tongue used, lack of confidence, limited vocabularies, and affraid in doing mistakes when speaking. The focus problem to be solved is students' problem in low participation which make them being passive in speaking class. One technique which can be used to improve students' speaking skill is through oral presentation. Oral presentation is an activity of sharing or communicating ideas and information in front of audiences which has been widely adopted by EFL teacher to promote oral proficiency. There are advantages of using oral presentation for improving speaking skill; integrating language skill, practicing speaking, making decision, and etc. Through this technique the students also trained to be more active and confidence in speaking in front of public. The formulation of research problem was: How can oral presentation technique improve students' public speaking at MAN Trenggalek? Whereas the purpose of this study was to investigate how oral presentation technique can improve students' public speaking skill at MAN Trenggalek. Research Method:1) the research design in this study was Classroom Action Research (CAR) using Kemmis and Taggart model which consist of cycle; planning, implementing, observing and refelecting 2) the subject of this study was all students of Matematika dan Ilmu Alam (MIA 5) academic year 2014/2015 at MAN Trenggalek which consist of 35 students (29 females and 9 males) 3) the research instrument used in this study were; observation sheet or checklist, and test. 5) the data were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The result of this study shows that the students' participation during teaching and learning process in the cycle 1 to cycle 2 were improved. It's indicated by in cycle 1 the students' participation percentage was 67,85 (little bit active) and became 81,25% (active) in cycle 2. For the students' public speaking skill was also improved. It was proved by the students' success percentage, in cycle 1 only 40% (14 students) could pass. Then, in cycle 2, 74% (26 students) could pass. In conclusion, oral presentation as the technique in teaching and learning is effective to improve students' public speaking skill.