IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL THROUGH GUESSING GAME OF THE SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS AT STAIN PALOPO

ABSTRACT Amran Usman, 2013.“Improving Students’ Speaking skill Through Guessing Games of the second semester students at STAIN Palopo” Thesis, English Study Program of Tarbiyah Department of State College for Islamic Studies ( STAIN ) Palopo. Consultant : 1. Sukirman Nurdjan, S.S., M.Pd. 2. Wisran, S.S., M.Pd Key Words : Improving, Speaking Skill, Guessing Game. This thesis depicts the guessing games method in improving the students’ speaking skill. The research is held at the second semester students of English department at STAIN Palopo academic year 2012/2013 . Guessing games is applied and modified into series of activities of Guessing Word, Guessing Pictures, and Guessing Sound. The activities in applying Guessing games are two parts. They are guessing and practicing. The problem statement of this research is related to whether Guessing games is effective in improving the students’ speaking skill. The objective of this research is to find out whether Guessing games is effective in improving the students’ speaking skill. The research applies one group pretest and posttest design. This research applies purposive sampling technique with 24 students as the sample from the second semester students of English department at STAIN Palopo academic year 2012/2013 . The result of data analysis and the findings in the application of the research indicates that Guessing games method which is applied in teaching technique is effective in improving the students’ speaking skill covering three important aspects such as accuracy, fluency and comprehensibility