Improving Speaking Skill by Applying Oral Presentation of the Seventh Grade Students

Abstract

The study aimed to improve the students’ speaking skills by applying Classroom Action Research (CAR) using a collaborative design. There are five steps involved in the investigation: main research, planning, implementing the plan, witnessing the action, and reflecting on the activities carried out in two cycles. There are five steps involved in the investigation: main research, planning, implementing the plan, witnessing the action, and reflecting on the actions carried out in two cycles on 20 first semester VII graders 2019/2020 at Public junior high Scholl 11 Malang. The type of research data was through the mechanism of observation and testing as an instrument of this research. Based on the results of the application of the mechanism, it was determined that the students' presentation skills had a statistically significant mean result (from 46 % first cycle to 75 % the second cycle). As indicated by the increase in the average score of students in the preliminary study, the average score of students in the preliminary study was 6.95 in the first cycle and 7.21 in the second cycle in the first cycle of the preliminary study.