Improving Students' Speaking Skill by Implementing Student Teams Achievement Division

Fatma Sahalia, Muh. Asrori, Teguh Sarosa

Abstract

This research aimed at finding out: whether Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) could improve students’ speaking skill and the classroom situation when STAD was implemented in this research. The research was a classroom action research which was conducted in the eleventh grade of SMK Negeri 1 Magelang in the academic year of 2016/2017.  The research was conducted in two cycles and every cycle consisted of four steps: planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The data were obtained from observations, interviews, questionnaires, and tests. The findings showed that: (1) the implementation of Student Teams Achievement Division could improve students' speaking skill. (2) Student Teams Achievement Division could improve classroom situation.

Keywords

Speaking; Student Teams Achievement Division; Classroom Action Research

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/eed.v7i1.35839

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