The objectives of this study are: 1) to discover specific teaching strategies
used by the English teacher in teaching speaking at the International Class Program;
2) to describe the implementation of teaching strategies that are used by the English
teacher; 3) to identify the impact of the teaching strategies toward students’ speaking
fluency.
This research was conducted at the sixth grade of Madrasah Ibtida’iyah
International Class Program of Nurul Ulum Bojonegoro in the first semester of
academic year 2015/2016 with 24 students categorized as an active students come
from different social and economic background. The method used in this study was a
qualitative research in the form of case study. In collecting the data, the writer
conducted interview, class observation, and document analysis.
The result of this study shows that 1) there are three teaching strategies to
teach speaking: a) pair work b) story telling c) group work; 2) the teacher
implemented the strategies in the elaboration step in which the students are assigned
to do the worksheet; 3) Implementing the teaching strategies in the speaking class
drives the students to have speech rate around 110 – 130 wpm, silent pauses in 1 – 3
seconds and some fillers.
It can be concluded that pair work, story telling, and group work are very
useful to be implemented in the speaking class in which the students can be
categorized as active learners. These teaching strategies are believed to provide more
opportunities for the students in producing oral language that influences their
speaking fluency. Thus, in teaching English to young learners, teachers need to know
how to facilitate the students to be successful in the learning process. Hopefully this
study will also inspire other researchers who are interested in conducting research on
other aspects of strategies in teaching speaking to young learners.
Keywords: teaching strategy, young learners, speaking fluency, case study