IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL USING DIRECT INTERVIEW TYPE

The objectives of this research are to find out whether the use of direct interview type improves the students’ speaking skill and the strengths and weaknesses of direct interview type. This research consisted of two cycles in which there were four steps in each cycle, namely planning, implementing, observation, and reflection. The researcher collected quantitative data of speaking tests and qualitative data of classroom situation, field note, photograph, interview, and questionnaires. The results are (1) the students’ speaking skill improved, the improvement of speaking score from 3. 86 up to 5.95 (2) Direct interview type established good communication activity between the teacher and the student and improved classroom management. On the other hand the disadvantage of direct interview type was difficulty in time management to conduct one to one interview with students in a big speaking class. Therefore, the teacher should arrange good