Applying Role-play and Interactive Activities to Improve Students Speaking Skill.
Vivit Rosmayanti
Universitas Negeri Makassar
Abstract
This Research applied classroom action research which aimed to see the implementation of role-play and interactive activities to improve students speaking skill. The subject of this research were the second grade students of one of private school in Makassar. The stage of this research started from planning, action, observation, and then reflection. The result of this research qualitatively showed that the average students score in the pre cycle was 1,44, in the first cycle the average students score was 2,28, and in the second cycle the average students score was 3,95. The average score of students from pre cycle, first cycle, and second cycle is always increasing which means that there is improvement of students speaking skill. Qualitatively, the students gained experience and input related to communicative skill. Besides that, the implementation of role-play and interactive activities in the class were very interesting for students because they can practice their speaking more in interactive and fun way. In conclusion, the implementation of role-play and interactive activities can gradually improve students speaking skill.
Keywords: Role-play, Interactive activities, Speaking skill
Topic: International Symposium on Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Religious Studies