Kamis, 31 Mei 2012
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents background of the study, statements of the study, objectives of the study, scope and limitation of the study, significance of the study and definition of the key terms.
1.1 Background of the Study
Language learning and teaching can be an exiting and refreshing interval in the day for students and teacher. There are so many possible ways of stimulating communicative interaction in which language use is as natural as breathing (Rivers 1987, 14).
It is widely believed that globalization has forced us to improve our English skill. As we know that English includes four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Those skills are very important in our life, especially the speaking skill, which plays a more important role than the other skills. People called mastering English if they are able to speak English fluently or they can communicate with other people as connect as they can. As the writer knows, even though people are not able to write, read and listen, but if they are able to speak, it means that they master English. Therefore, speaking can represent the other skills and it is considered as the soul of language.
Nunan (1991: 39) explained that “Mastering the art of speaking is the most important aspect of learning a second or foreign language and success is measured in terms of the ability to carry out a conversation in language.”
However, in real life we have difficulties to apply conversation or speak English. It is a problem for them to speak English daily. The reasons are that they cannot speak well, they lack vocabulary, they cannot arrange the sentences and they have less confidence.
That is why the Indonesian government has been concerned with English for many years. We can take a look not only at the junior or senior high school level that English is given as compulsory subject, but also at the young learner’s level. Unfortunately, the ability of students to speak or to make a conversation is far from expectation.
When the researcher observed the second-grade students of SMA Wahid Hasyim Malang, the researcher found the problems in the teaching and learning process. The aim of the observation was to know the problems of teachers and students in the teaching and learning process. Based on the observation the researcher found the following information:
a) The teacher still used the conventional method
b) The quality of English performance was not satisfactory
c) The students had low motivation in the English subject
d) The students were inactive in the teaching and learning process
The researcher’s observation showed that most of the students of SMA Wahid Hasyim Malang were interested in visual teaching. This can be shown by using pictures. They are very enthusiastic to pay attention and to answer questions based on visual media. When their teacher uses the material which is full of pictures, they quickly answer the questions. It is different when the teacher does not use pictures in the teaching and learning process. They can’t imagine how they should answer the questions. So, in this case pictures are very useful to help students in building their ideas. They can show their opinions based on the pictures. Actually, most of the students of SMA Wahid Hasyim Malang like visual instructional media for the learning process.
Being creative and innovative is the teacher as duty to give a good solution of that problem. The teacher should have big responsibility to escape from these difficulties. Besides, the teacher should give variance and use good strategy in the teaching ad learning process. Using pictures is the ways to apply the in teaching and learning process. Which of the following questions will give opportunity to the students to speak English. We can arrange the questions starting from the simple question using yes / no answer based on the pictures. In addition, to make students more active in speaking, we use questions of WH question form. They can describe pictures using their own language.We use pictures activity to make the learning process fun and enjoyable. Finally, at the end of the activity the students can improve their speaking ability without any problem.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Based on the background of the study, this research is carried out to describe the process of the study and the English speaking achievement based on the use of pictures. The problem of this study is formulated as follows:
“Does the use of pictures develop the English speaking ability of students of SMA Wahid Hasyim Malang?”
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