Improving Students Speaking Fluency By Using Picture Series (An Action Research At The First Grade Of Sma Negeri Kebakkramat In The Academic Year Of 2013/2014)

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Harta Diba Agdhila - K2209040 - Fak. KIP

The Objectives Of The Research Are: (1) To Find Out Whether Or Not Picture Series Can Increase Students’ Speaking Fluency; (2) To Describe The Classroom Situation When Picture Series Is Applied In Teaching Speaking. The Method Used In This Research Is Classroom Action Research. The Research Was Conducted At Class X.8 Sma Negeri Kebakkramat From October To November In The Academic Year 2013/2014. This Research Was Conducted In Two Cycles. There Were 3 Meetings In The First Cycle And 2 Meetings In The Second Cycle. The Research Data Were Collected By Using Observation, Interview, Field Notes, Document Analysis, Photographs, And Tests Including Pre-Test And Post Test. The Qualitative Data Were Analyzed By Assembling The Data, Coding The Data, Comparing The Data, Building Interpretation, And Repoting The Outcomes. Meanwhile, The Quantitative Data Were Analyzed By Comparing The Mean Scores Of The Pre-Test And The Post Test. The Result Of Mean Score In Pre-Test Is Compared To The Result Of Mean Score In Post-Test To Know The Improvement. The Research Findings Show That Picture Series Could Improve: (1) Students’ Speaking Fluency And (2) Classroom Situation Of English Class. The Improvement Of Students’ Speaking Fluency Is The Students Speak More Fluently.The Improvement Of Students’ Speaking Fluency Can Also Be Seen From The Improvement Of Students’ Mean Score Increased From 60.81 In Pre-Test Into 73.78 In Post-Test 1 And It Improves To 82.97 In Post-Test 2. The Improvement Of Classroom Situation Includes: (A) The Students Looked Very Interested And Enthusiastic To Join The Speaking Class And (B) The Students Were More Active During Teaching Learning Process.