IMPROVING THE SPEAKING ABILITY OF GRADE VIII C STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 3 DEPOK YOGYAKARTA THROUGH THE USE OF VIDEO

This research was aimed at improving students’ speaking ability of the class VIII C students of SMP Negeri 3 Depok Sleman Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2013/2014. The problem was that they had low speaking ability. This particular research was categorized as action research. The actions were implemented in two cycles based on the class schedule. This research involved the 32 students of class VIII C of SMP Negeri 3 Depok Sleman Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2013/2014 and the English teacher as the research collaborator. The data of the study were in the forms of qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process of speaking, interviewing the students of class VIII C and the English teacher, holding discussion with the collaborator and taking pictures and recording videos. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were acquired through pre-test, progress test, and post test. The validity of the data was obtained by applying democratic validity, dialogic validity, catalytic validity and outcome validity. The research findings showed that the use of video as the teaching media combined with the use of speaking activities and classroom English was proven to be effective to improve the students’ speaking skills. It could get students’ attention and increased their learning motivation. The students could have better understanding about the use of English in real situation as they got appropriate models of speaking English through video. They also had adequate opportunities to practice speaking in order to speak fluently and confidently. The students who just gained 55.4 in the pre-test, were able to increase their score up to 79.9 in the post test. It indicated that they made a considerable improvement in some aspect of speaking skills such as pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and comprehension