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IMPROVING SPEAKING ABILITY USING ROLE PLAY FOR THE

STUDENTS OF FIFTH GRADE OF SD NEGERI 02 BRANGKAL

GEMOLONG SRAGEN IN 2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR

RESEARCH PAPER

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for getting Bachelor Degree of Education

in English Department

by

RETNO SARI NINGTYAS A 320050218

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA

2012

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APPPROVAL

IMPROVING SPEAKING ABILITY USING ROLE PLAY FOR THE STUDENTS OF FIFTH GRADE OF SD NEGERI 02 BRANGKAL

GEMOLONG SRAGEN IN 2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR

by

RETNO SARI NINGTYAS A 320050218

Approved to be Examined by Consultant

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TESTIMONY

Herewith, I testify that in this research paper, there is no plagiarism of the

previous literaray work which has been raised to obtain bachelor degree of a

university, nor there are opinions or masterpiece which ha ve been written or

published or others, except those in which the writing are referred in the

manuscript and mentioned in literary review and bibliography.

Hence, later, if it is proven that there are some untrue statements in this

testimony, I will hold fully responsible.

Surakarta, November 2012

RETNO SARI NINGTYAS A 320050218

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MOTTO

Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe, and those

who have been granted the knowledge. And Allah is Well-

Acquainted with what you do

(Q.S. Al- Mujadalah: 11)

Verily with the hardship, there is relief.

(Q.S. Al- Insyirah: 6)

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DEDICATION

This research pa per is dedicated to:

? My beloved father and mother

? My son, Tyas Mirza Setyawan,

? My brother and my sister.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb

Alhamdulillahirabbil’alamin, glory to Allah,the lord of the universe who

still gives her opportunity to accomplish this research paper. It is imposible for the

writer to finish it without His blessing and permission.

The writer would like to express her gratitude to the people who have

helped her in getting the completion of this research paper. They are:

1. Drs. Sofyan Anif, M.Si., as the Dean of School Training of Muhammadiyah

Universisity of Surakarta for giving approval to carry out the research paper,

2. Titis Setya Budi, S.S, as the Head of English Department,

3. Anam Sutopo, M.Hum., as the first co nsultant who always gives her a lot of

attention and spare time to guide, suggest, support, advice and correct her

research paper,

4. Nur Hidayat, S.Pd., as the second consultant who has also given the writer

guidance, correction, and suggestion wisely,

5. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum. Thanks for being a good examiner in order to

make the reserch paper better,

6. All of lecturer in English Department in English Department,

7. Her beloved Mom and Dad, who always love, pray, guide, and support the

writer to finish this research,

8. Everybody that cannot be mentioned one by one.

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Surakarta, November 2012

RETNO SARI NINGTYAS

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Page

TITLE ............................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL .................................................................................................. ii

ACCEPTANCE ............................................................................................. iii

TESTIMONY ................................................................................................ iv

MOTTO ......................................................................................................... v

DEDICATION ............................................................................................... vi

ACKNOWLEDGMENT .............................................................................. vii

TABLE OF CONTENT ................................................................................ ix

TABLE OF CONTENT................................................................................. x ii

SUMMARY ................................................................................................... x iii

CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION ........................................................... 1

A. Background of the Study ............................................ 1

B. Limitation of the Study ............................................... 5

C. Problem of the Study .................................................. 5

D. Objective of the study ................................................. 6

E. Benefit of the Study .................................................... 6

F. Research Paper Organization ...................................... 7

CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ................... 9

A. Previous Study ............................................................ 9

B. Theoritical Review ...................................................... 11

1. Speaking Skill ....................................................... 11

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2. Role Play ............................................................... 18

3. Technique for EnglishTeaching ............................ 20

4. Steps in Teaching Speaking Ability Using Role

Play for Elementary School ................................. 22

C. Theoretical Framework ............................................... 23

D. Action Hypothesis ....................................................... 23

CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD .................................................. 24

A. Type of the Research ................................................... 24

B. Subject and Object of the Study .................................. 27

C. Setting ......................................................................... 27

D. Data and Data Source .................................................. 27

E. Method of Collecting Data ......................................... 28

F. Technique for Data Analyzing .................................... 30

CHAPTER IV : RESEARCH FINDING .................................................. 33

A. Description of SD Brangkal 02 Gemolong Sragen ..... 33

B. Finding ........................................................................ 34

1. The Identification of the Problem ......................... 34

C. The Implementation of Teaching Speaking Using

Role Play in SD Brangkal 02 Gemolong Sragen ........ 38

1. The Field Problem Analysis .................................. 38

2. Determining the Effort of Overcoming the Field .. 41

3. Cycle I ................................................................... 41

a. Planning............................................................ 41

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b. Acting and Observing I .................................... 42

1. The First Meeting(Nov 18, 2011)................ 42

2. The Second Meeting (Nov 19, 2011)............ 46

c. Reflecting............................................................. 48

4. Cycle II .................................................................. ... 50

a Revised Planning ................................................ .. 50

b. Acting and Observing II

1. The First Meeting ( Nov 25, 2011).............. 53

2. The Second Meeting ( Nov 26, 2011)............ 56

3. Reflecting the Action II................................. 57

c. The Rresult ot the Action.................................... 60

5. The Strength and the Weakness of Role P lay Method at

SDN 02 Brangkal Gemolong Sragen. ................... 61

D. Discussion .................................................................... 62

CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ........................... 64

A. Conclusion ................................................................... 64

B. Suggestion .................................................................... 65

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX

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LIST OF TABLE

Table 4.1. The Result Identification ........................................................... 36

Table 4. 2 The Score of Students' pre- Speaking Test ............................... 40

Table 4. 3 The Score of Students' Post- Speaking Test I ........................... 48

Table 4. 4 The Score of Students’ Post -speaking Test II .......................... 52

Table 4. 4 Score of Two Cycle s ................................................................. 60

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