Improving students’ participation in english class Using talking chips (A Classroom Action Research at the Tenth Grade Students of SMA N 5 Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2012/2013)
Penulis Utama
:
Fitria Hardiyanti
NIM / NIP
:
K2209034
×This research aims at identifying whether the use of Talking Chips
improves student’s participation in English class, and what happens in class when
the technique is implemented, and also identifying the strengths and weaknesses
of Talking Chips when it is implemented to improve the student’s participation in
English class.
The method used in this research was a collaborative action research. The
research was conducted in a cycle at the tenth grade students of SMA N 5
Surakarta from February through June 2013. The data were collected through
observation, questionnaire, field notes, photographs and interview. The data were
analyzed using constant comparative method which consists of five stages. They
are assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building
interpretation and reporting the outcomes.
The research findings show that the implementation of Talking Chips
improves the students’ participation in English class. The improvement includes:
1) Students were active and brave to speak aloud and most of them answered
questions voluntarily, 2) Most of the students asked the teacher confidently and
they even gave comment to their classmates’ answer, 3) Some students were able
to answer teacher’s questions spontaneously, 4) Students enjoyed working in a
group and gave contribution to the discussion, 5) Most of the students looked
confident when speaking English in front of the class although they need a long
preparation, and 6) Students were more focused on the task and classroom
activity.
During the research, it is found several strengths of Talking Chips. It
gave reason for the students to speak in the classroom, eliminated dominance in
the classroom or group discussion, and overcame psychological barrier faced by
the students. However, the weaknesses of the technique also appeared. Due to the
limited time of the research, Talking Chips did not optimally improve students’
spontaneity in speaking English.
It can be concluded that the implementation of Talking Chips improves
the students’ participation in English class. It is hoped that the research findings
can be a reference for other researchers to implement Talking Chips in their
classroom.
Keywords: Students’ Participation, English Class, Talking Chips.
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Penulis Utama
:
Fitria Hardiyanti
Penulis Tambahan
:
1. 2.
NIM / NIP
:
K2209034
Tahun
:
2013
Judul
:
Improving students’ participation in english class Using talking chips (A Classroom Action Research at the Tenth Grade Students of SMA N 5 Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2012/2013)
Edisi
:
Imprint
:
Surakarta - FKIP - 2013
Program Studi
:
S-1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Kolasi
:
Sumber
:
UNS-FKIP Jur. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris-K.2209034-2014
