Teaching Speaking Through Paper Puppet Show to Enhance Students’ Speaking Competence in Story Telling
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Abstract— One of the main problems of many English teachers are short of students participation in learning activities, especially in speaking class. As a requirement for learning English, English Foreign learners still has a gap for young learners in Indonesia, such as limit of teaching materials. The unattractive teaching materials in speaking class unmotivated students. For this reason, The researcher chooses paper puppet show as a media to enhance students speaking competence in story telling. The objectives of the study are to describe whether the use of paper puppet show can enhance students’ speaking competence and to describe teaching and learning situation when paper puppet show is applied in the class. This study is conducted in class VII MTs Darut Tauhid Ngablak Bojonegoro. This study used Classroom action research method. The data were gathered through quantitative and qualitative data. As a result, that using paper puppet show is one of and effective approach to teaching young learners to speak. Especially getting students involved, creating a great atmosphere and organizing lessons helped teachers to teach in a relaxed situation. In other words, the use of puppets has a great impact on young learners' speaking activities.
Keywords— Paper Puppet Show, Speaking Competence, Story Telling
abstrak— Salah satu masalah utama banyak guru bahasa Inggris adalah rendahnya partisipasi siswa dalam kegiatan pembelajaran, khususnya di kelas berbicara. Sebagai persyaratan untuk belajar bahasa Inggris, bahasa Inggris bagi pembelajar asing masih memiliki celah bagi pembelajar muda di Indonesia, seperti keterbatasan bahan ajar. Bahan ajar yang tidak menarik di kelas berbicara membuat siswa tidak termotivasi. Untuk itu, peneliti memilih paper puppet show sebagai media untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa dalam bercerita. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan apakah penggunaan paper puppet show dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa dan untuk mendeskripsikan situasi belajar mengajar ketika paper puppet show diterapkan di kelas. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di kelas VII MTs Darut Tauhid Ngablak Bojonegoro. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian tindakan kelas. Data dikumpulkan melalui data kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Akibatnya, paper puppet show adalah salah satu pendekatan yang efektif untuk mengajar anak-anak berbicara. Terutama melibatkan siswa, menciptakan suasana yang menyenangkan dan mengatur pelajaran membantu guru untuk mengajar dalam situasi yang santai. Dengan kata lain, penggunaan paper puppet show berdampak besar pada aktivitas berbicara berbahasa Inggris pada siswa.
Kata kunci— Paper Puppet Show, Speaking Competence, Story Telling
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