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USING ROLE-PLAY IN TEACHING ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH “HELPING AT HOME†TOPIC At the 5th Grade Students of Elementary School in Bandung
Speaking as the output of the language requires the speaker to have vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and fluency ability. On the contrary, young learners have a tendency of short-term memory as one of their characteristics. It makes the language teachers for young learners creative. This study focused on: (1) finding out the scenario and implementation of teaching speaking ability using role-play technique, (2) rninvestigating teacher and students’ response about teaching speaking ability using role-play technique, and (3) revealing difficulties encountered by the students in teaching speaking ability using role-play technique. The rnmethod used in this research was a descriptive qualitative method. The subject of this study was followed by twenty-nine students of the fifth grade of SD Kalam Kudus Bandung. The instruments used for this study were observation, questionnaires in closed questions, and an open-ended question as another form of an interview. The result of this study showed that role-play technique can be applied in English class. The learning rnprocess ran with fun, so the students were excited and motivated to learn English. They also had a chance to practice their pronunciation and fluency. Furthermore, they could understand the material given easier rnbecause they could involve instantly in the material and integrate it with their real life. Generally, the students showed more attention and interest rnin speaking class, except some of the students in middle-low ability still troubled in pronunciation followed by the problems in vocabularies rnadequately. It gives a negative effect on their fluency and their courage in speaking English in public. Overall, the role-play technique can overcome the difficulties in speaking English.
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