Novitasari, Atika (2020) The Implementation of Describing Pictures Strategy to Improve Students’ Speaking Ability of the Eighth Graders at State Junior High School 1 Trimurjo, Central Lampung. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The objective of the study is to find out whether the use of describing pictures strategy will be able to improve the students speaking ability at the State Junior High School 1 Trimurjo. Speaking is used to communicate as by talking, to make a request, to make a speech. Through speaking someone can share his/her knowledge, conveying idea, feeling and intention to the other people. In teaching learning process, the teacher should be able to create or choose the suitable and good strategy. Describing pictures strategy is one of the strategies that can be applied in the teaching English, especially teaching speaking ability.

This research is a classroom action research which was done in two cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The subject of this research is VIII A class. In collecting the data the researcher used test ( pre test, post test 1 and post test 2 ), observation and documentation.

The result of this research shows that Describing Pictures strategy has positive role in improving students’ speaking ability of the eighth grade at State Junior High School 1 Trimurjo It can be proved through the students’ average score from pre-test to post test. The average score in pre-test was 61,8, post-test 1 was 69 and post-test 2 was 77,2. It means that the usage of describing pictures strategy could improve the students speaking ability.

Keyword : Speaking, Describing Pictures Strategy and Action Class Reasearch.

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