Improving Students’ Speaking Ability Through Movie-Based Classroom Activity

Abstract

The research aims to measure the implementation of movie- based classroom activity on improving students` speaking ability of grade XIak1 at SMK N 1 Panyabungan. The method of this research was Classroom Action Research. The participant in this classroom action research was 27 students of grade XIak1 at SMK N 1 Panyabungan. The instruments consisted of implementation of movie, speaking test, observation sheet, and interview, the data of this research was analyzed two method of data analysis. Quantitative data analyzed was used to examining and interpreting data from implementation of movie and speaking test. The data taken from observation and interview was used qualitative data analysis. The result shows that the implementation of movie- based classroom activity better improves students` speaking ability. This can be evidence from the students` mean which better gradually improved in first cycle and second cycles that there was significance value on students` mark on speaking test through the implementation of movie- based classroom activity. The result of the first cycle, slow students’ speaking mean score increased from 7.4 to 9.9. It means the students speaking ability increased for 34.4%. Meanwhile, bright students’ speaking mean score increased from 11.6 to 13.3. It means the students speaking ability increased for 15.4%. Next, the result of the second cycle, slow students’ speaking mean score increased from 9.9 to 12.4. It means the students speaking ability increased for 24.8%. Meanwhile, bright students’ speaking mean score increased from 13.3 to 14.8. It means the students speaking ability increased for 10.8%. From the result of the two cycles, it can be concluded that watching movie activities is a good activity for speaking class. This activity helps students improving their speaking ability in general. The research result shows the classroom activity significantly increased the students’ pronunciation, vocabulary, and fluency, but not necessarily for grammar.