Portraying Students’ Speaking Skill Through “Speech Activity” in MTs Swasta Manbaul Ulum Bondowoso

Abstract

This research presents analyzing student abilities through daily speaking practice in MTs swasta Manbaul Ulum Bondowoso. Speaking skill is one of the four important skills, since it can be more beneficial for them who mastering speaking skill, students understanding in speaking skill will make them easier to communicate and build relation including for people who works related to English. However, there are common problems faced by students due to their lack of knowledge related to grammar, vocabulary and not even knowing how to pronounce some words and sentences correctly. The proper strategy provided by the teacher is very important to make the learning activities run optimally. This research used a descriptive-qualitative. The sample of this research are students that doing the permission during the class while the observation took place and the students that doing the oration after the flag ceremony activity, the sample from 7th grade are 5 pupils, 8th grade are 5 pupils, while the 9th are 5 pupils. Researcher used an interview, observation and documentation in collecting the data. The findings of this research showed a good result since the implementation of speaking strategy called “Speech Activity” by the teacher, although there is still a large difference between the 7th and 9th grade in proficiency level, because this program has only been running for about 2 years. In conclusion, the main factor of this program is the students, while the teachers stand as a supporting factor system. The sustainability of this program shows how good the environment that has been built is, through this program students’ insight increases very broadly. Schools are expected to pay more attention to learning support devices that can help the students in learning activities. Keywords: Speech Activity, Speaking Skill, Speaking Practice