Improving students’ speaking skill by using guessing game to the fifth grade of SD N 04 Kemiri Karanganyar

Oleh :
Fia Renny Syahara - C9307120 - Fak. Sastra dan Seni Rupa

ABSTRACT This final project was written based on the writer’s job training as an English teacher in SD N 04 Kemiri. The job training was conducted for one month and a half. The writer took the fifth grade students as the object to be observed. This paper is the result of observing, interviewing and practicing to teach English to the fifth grade of SD N 04 Kemiri. She focused in teaching speaking by using guessing game. This paper discusses about improving students’ speaking skill by using guessing game to the fifth grade of SD N 04 Kemiri. It aimed at describing the process of English class activity and identifying the strengths and weaknesses of playing guessing game in improving the speaking ability to the fifth grade of SD N 04 Kemiri. Lesson plan making was the activity done by the writer before teaching. It aimed at running the teaching-learning activity effectively and reaching the purpose easily. It contains three parts, they are: pre-teaching, main teaching and post teaching. The pre-teaching activities are greeting and warming up including TPR warm-up and brainstorming. On the main teaching, it covers presentation and production. The presentation is done by the writer while the production is fulfilled by playing guessing game to the students. Reviewing material is given in the post teaching by asking some questions to the students. The writer identified some strengths of using guessing game in teaching speaking. They are: Pumping up the students’ willingness to follow the lesson, encouraging the students to speak in English, reinforcing the concept to the students well, controlling the class condition well. However, she also found the weaknesses of the technique such as the involvements of the students are not equal.