IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL AT THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF STAIN PALOPO BY USING THE CARD OF POKER (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH)

ABSTRACT
Nurhajar, 2013. Improving Speaking Skill at the First Year Students of STAIN Palopo
by Using the Card of Poker (A Classroom Action Research). Under
Supervisor: (1) Dr. Masruddin Asmid, SS., M. Hum. (2) Amalia
Yahya, SE., M. Hum.
Key Words : Improving, Speaking Skill, Card of Poker.
This thesis depicts the effective procedures in improving the students’
speaking skill by using poker card. The research is held at the first year students of
STAIN Palopo in matriculation class (H3). Poker card is applied and modified into
series of activities of introducing someone. The activities in applying poker card are
two cycles and each cycle consists of two meetings.
The problem statement of this research is related to effective procedure of
using poker card to improve students’ speaking skill at first year students of STAIN
Palopo. The primary objective of this research is to find out the effective procedure of
using poker card to improve students’ speaking skill at first year students of STAIN
Palopo. This research employs qualitative research, in this case Classroom Action
Research (CAR) designs since it is the most appropriate research design which is
related to solve the classroom problems. The researcher conducts collaboration with
Akbar. S. Pd. I as the teacher of the class and the researcher act as the observer. This
research is conducted at the first year students of matriculation class in STAIN
Palopo in academic year 2012-2013 which consist of 36 students.
The result of data analysis and the findings in the application of the research
indicates that poker card which is applied in teaching speaking has effective
procedure in improving the students’ speaking skill covering three important aspects
such as accuracy, fluency and comprehensibility.