i IMPROVING STUDENTS' SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH SCRIPTED ROLE PLAY AT SMPN 3 ...

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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH SCRIPTED
ROLE PLAY AT SMPN 3 NGAGLIK GRADE VIII IN THE ACADEMIC
YEAR OF 2012 / 2013

A THESIS
Presented as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Attainment of
the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan in English Language Education

By:
Robiatul Adawiyah
08202244048

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
YOGYAKARTA STATE UNIVERSITY
2013

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MOTTOS

“Never old to learn”
(Anonymous)

“Adil sudah sejak dalam pikiran”
(Pramoedya Ananta Toer)

“Cogito ergo sum (I Think, Therefore I Am)”
(Rene Descartes)

“To improve is to change, to be perfect is to
change often.”
(Sir Winston Churchill)

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DEDICATIONS

In the name of Alloh, I dedicate my thesis for:
My beloved parents, Sholikhatun and Ansori
My best sisters, Mahmudah, Mar’atul F., Laila M. (alm)
My best brothers, Jauhar M. and Luthfi B.N.
My brothers and sister in law, Mustofa, Imron, and Angraeni
My cute nephews, Farah, Fathir, Fachri, and Fajrina
And all my best friends

You are my greatest rewards.
Thanks for always supporting me and standing by my side.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
All praise be to Allah, the Sustainer of the world, the Almighty, the
Beneficent, and the Merciful, for His blessings, with which I can accomplish my
thesis writing. Moreover, may peace and blessing of Allah be upon the Seal of the
Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions.
With all sincerity and honesty deep down in my heart, I would like to
express my greatest gratitude sincerely to my consultants Dra. R.A. Rahmi
Dipayanti Andayani, M.Pd. and Siti Mahripah, M.App.Ling, who have given their
patience, time, advice, direction, and encouragement during the process of this
thesis writing.
Many thanks are also devoted to my academic consultant, Siti
Mukminatun M. Hum., and all lecturers of the English Education Department of
Yogyakarta State University, from whom I can gain heaps of knowledge.
Many thanks are addressed to those in SMPN 3 Ngaglik, especially to the
headmaster of SMPN 3 Ngaglik, who has given me a chance to conduct the action
research project, the English teacher Prapti Sukartiningsih, S.Pd., and the students
of VIII A of the academic year of 2012/2013, who have helped me much in the
process of collecting data.
I am also grateful to my parents Ansori and Sholikhatun, my sisters
Mahmudah, Mar’atul F., and Laila M. (alm), my brothers Jauhar M. and Luthfi
B.N, my brothersinlaw Mustofa and Imronuddin, and my sister-in-law Anggraeni,
who have always showered me with love, affection, and prayers, and have been so
patient in waiting for my graduation.
Many thanks are also due to my best friends Endarti, Vero, Nenty, Rian,
Anam, Ahmad, Barno, Krisna, Nisrina, Dian who have always supported me,
accompanied and helped me every time I need. My friends in EKSPRESI, Wisma
Ana, A32B, I thank them for their care, support, and togetherness.
I would also like to express my gratitude to all other people who have
helped me and supported me before and throughout the writing of this thesis. It is
impossible, however, to mention them all by name.
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Finally, I realize that this thesis might still need some improvements.
However, I hope that this could give some contributions to the practice of English
teaching and learning, especially at secondary school level.

Yogyakarta, ______________________

Robiatul Adawiyah
NIM. 08202244048

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
TITLE ..................................................................................................................... i
APPROVAL ......................................................................................................... ii
RATIFICATION .................................................................................................. iii
PERNYATAAN ..................................................................................................... iv
MOTTO ................................................................................................................. v
DEDICATIONS .................................................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... ix
LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................. xii
LIST OF PICTURES ........................................................................................ xiii
LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................................... xiv
ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... xv
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study ...................................................................... 1
B. Identification of the Problem ................................................................. 3
C. Limitation of the Problem ...................................................................... 5
D. Formulation of the Study ....................................................................... 6
E. Research Objective ................................................................................ 6
F. Significance of the Study ....................................................................... 6
CHAPTER II. LITERATURE REVIEW
A. THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................... 7
1. SPEAKING ...................................................................................... 7
a. Definition of Speaking ............................................................... 7
b. Types of Spoken Language ........................................................ 8
c. Characteristics of Spoken Language .......................................... 9
d. Aspects of Speaking Skill ........................................................ 11
e. Teaching Speaking ................................................................... 12
1) Teaching Speaking Means ................................................. 12
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2) Types of Classroom Speaking Performance ...................... 13
3) Classroom Speaking Activities .......................................... 17
4) Teaching Speaking in Junior High School based onSchool
Based Curriculum  .................................................................. 20
5) Designing Lesson Plan ....................................................... 23
6) The Roles of the Teacher and the Students in
SpeakingClass .......................................................................... 24
7) Characteristics of Junior High School Students ................. 26
2. ROLE PLAY ................................................................................. 29
a. Definition of Role Play ............................................................ 29
b. The Advantages of Role Play .................................................. 30
c. Steps in Applying Role Play .................................................... 31
d. Kinds of Role Play ................................................................... 33
e. Scripted Role Play .................................................................... 33
f. Unscripted Role Play ............................................................... 35
g. The Strength of Using Scripted Role Play .............................. 37
h. The Role of Memorization in Role Plays................................ 37
B. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................ 40
CHAPTER III. RESEARCH METHOD
A. Type of Research ................................................................................. 42
B. Setting of the Research ........................................................................ 43
C. Subjects of the Research ...................................................................... 44
D. Time of the Research ........................................................................... 44
E. Instruments of the Research ................................................................ 44
F. Data Collecting Techniques ................................................................. 45
G. Data Analysis Technique ..................................................................... 46
H. Procedure of the Research .................................................................. 46
I. Validity and Reliability of the Data .................................................... 48
CHAPTER IV. THE RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
A. Reconnaissance .................................................................................... 51
1. Identification of the Field Problems .............................................. 51
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